I've nearly completed the Top Flight 182, but I started it about 7 years ago! It was my first kit, and a bit out of my league at the time. I was able to get it to the covering stage before I burned out on it; it's been sitting since. (Recently looking at it again. Just need to decide whether or not it's worth fiberglassing.)

Even as a new builder I didn't have any trouble with it. Biggest problem was adhering the top sheeting to the leading edge. In a couple of spots there's very little material to glue to, but.... Carving the Horner wing tips might have been one of the more trying things for me, but they came out great. The fuselage sheeting was probably the most tedious job I had. Getting the seams to match up right at the top was real finicky. (But I'm a bit of a perfectionist.)

I wish I'd had the foresight to change a couple of things. The biggest being, the routing of the control 'rods' for elevator and rudder run down the sides of the fuselage; as a result, I couldn't cut in an operable cockpit door after the fact.

The rudder linkage at the tail seemed to be a good place for some serious binding. The geometry was way off. (Which they corrected in later kits I've heard.) I solved it with a couple of ball links, but to be sure, I built a hatch into the bottom of the fuse at the tail, in case I ever had to access the connections.

The "ABS" plastic parts (cowl, wheel pants, strut pieces...) are actually very good quality. Quite thick and stiff. The cowl is in 3 pieces though, so I may buy a fiberglass one.

I have seen a couple of these fly, and the owners didn't mention any problems with flight characteristics, but I can't comment from personal experience.

Good luck with whichever you choose.
Dennis-