Agreed. I still think hand-crafted scratch-built components used to enhance a model kit is scale modelling at its purest and at its finest. Whether it's aircraft or vehicles, nothing beats a kit modified with home-made components.
3D printing appears to be replacing the art of scratch-building in some quarters - the printer replaces the hard graft and ingenuity of taking some plastic card and rod or wire and brass tubing and crafting them into a component for your chosen subject. I think that is a pity.
Keep up the great work, Steve, it is inspirational stuff for the rest of us who want to emulate you in our own modest way.
BM.