[Dominik]

good morning,

building from scratch does not pay - moneywise.
if you have all the needed machines, and consider it your hobby and do it from 5 to 10 at night you may enjoy it, but it will be more expensive and the most important thing: time.

you may have the time now beeing still at school, or whithout family or kids or having a local job, but that may change.

a self build project can span easily over three years.
well, most people even need three years to finish a good designed kit!

I do it, because the (original) frame was not affordable to import to south-africa, and the local labour cost seemed so cheap.

now after all the digitizing and drawing things, sourcing suppliers I am in between throwing all away, finishing just one or two or 30 cars.
even if you do everything right it cannot be cheaper to do it yourself, let alone if you make mistakes

but it is a nice challenge, you can make your own changes and new friends!


dom