I think you will find that alot of people disagree with me. Heck, look at top gun, a BVM jet was allowed to enter...and won. Granted, the owner did a nice job of finishing the plane, but that makes him artist in my book, not a modeler. Frankly, its a shame that someone can buy a plane with the detailed molded in, and get higher static scores than someone who builds the plane, and adds the detail.

The composite arfs come pre-finished. Or you can choose to paint it, still the same in my book. Heck, I have an H-9 73" cap, it started off all white, I added covering to produce a unique trim scheme, and painted the cowl and wheel pants...does that mean it isn't an arf....nope, still an arf.

As far as time to assemble, a friend of mine has had both a Composite Arf extra and a BVM kingcat (advertised as an arf by the way). He had both assembled by someone else. I don't recall how long it took to get the Comp arf done (not long), but the kingcat, the guy finished it up to ready to paint in about a week - week and half, working on it a few hours after work.

Your idea of "quick build" may be a good one, since I have seen at least one thread recently where someone was complaining a company labeled something arf that took him a week or two to assemble. Not sure how much effect it would have on marketing though.

As always, just my two cents, which we all know isn't worth much these days!