I couldn't resist.
I hear the 'time and tool' reasoning and can find no reason not to go that way.
And like you say, you have lots of trade/sell items you won't have to spend more time on...
To top it off,my TIG welder stopped working and I had to send it off for repair. I am not sure when I will get it back. That's not really holding me up at this point of the build. Sand and paint sure is looking good.
