RE: Sunset Models?
Bart,
I have fortunately not had the displeasure of owning any of their stuff, but a good friend of mine bought one of their A10's, not only that, he had it "custom built"....... After he drove down to Greyland Washington to pick it up, he was disgusted, but after money spent and an entire day to pick it up, he brought it home.....
No word of a lie, I have NEVER seen such poor workmanship and quality in my life. The glass work was garbage, the so called "custom build" was unflyable, and it was so heavy it never would have seen air between the earth and tires.
The owner of Sunset (who built the airplane) agreed it wasn't a great job (why would you let it leave if you KNOW it's a piece of junk) and refunded my friend a partial amount (part of the deal was my friend traded a complete NIB Pica spitfire kit with accessories and that was sent back).
Major structural components were held in with a combination of epoxy and silicone. The hinges were glued so poorly that we pulled them out with no effort. The fuselage layup was a joke, the wing saddle and canopy openings were nothing more than cutout from the fiberglass, no flanges to help align things or keep them from cutting into the wing.
Overall, looking at the kit, it would have been overpriced at $100.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, and I have remained quiet whenever I see their ad's in the classifieds, but since you are asking, that is my honest review of the A10 I saw, it was in my shop for a long time once my friend was finished "rebuilding it" so I could paint it.
Even after all that, he knew it would be really nothing more than a display model and he got rid of it without ever bothering to finish it.
You would be way further ahead to get a Yellow Aircraft F4.