I have quite a large collection of kits, but haven't built anything for about three years now after I had to move to a smaller home and lost the space I used for making kits.
Here's a few of my later builds:
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/63322-from-russia-with-love/
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/66365-bristol-beaufighter-mkif-now-with-better-pics/?hl=pielstick
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/72282-butcher-bird/?hl=pielstick
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/67742-focke-wulf-ta183a/?hl=pielstick
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234913413-tamiya-spitfire-mki/?hl=pielstick
If you're serious about taking up model making as a hobby then invest the money - and most importantly time - in learning to airbrush properly. It's a learning curve for sure and one that can involve a lot of frustration until you know what you're doing (hence use cheaper kits to practice on until you take the airbrush to your latest materpiece), but the results pay dividends when it comes to the finish you can achieve.