A small sample, although most of the usual suspects are here, suggesting that for warships kits are certainly preferred although for merchants completed are better. Given the popularity of Len Jordan’s kits the latter comes as a surprise.

I can empathise with anyone who prefers completed models (after all I’ve got enough of them) for whatever reason. In an ideal world models would be available in both versions. I don’t know how much assembling (if needed) and painting a model adds to the cost or indeed if manufacturers get a better return on one or the other.

In any event it looks like kits are going to be pretty thin on the ground