Malcolmm - all I can tell you is that myCMP Zero performed like a warbird. My assembly was pretty much straight forawrd - yes I threw away most of the hardware and replaced it with my own stuff, but I do that with most ARFs. I think that between my parts bin and new stuff, maybe $15. Attention to detail and experiance in building helps. I would not recommend my plane to someone that only has a couple of planes under thier belt, but experienced modelers should not have major problems. The fuse was of excellent quality - I could not do it that well. A lot of people also fail to think ahead on the build, like the CG. The average plane balances at the front spar, so if the instructions call for something behind that, experience should take over. I would much rather error with a nose heavy plane, than a tail heavy one. I can think of many model companies that market planes that need a lot to make them fly right. I will end up buying another CMP (not the Nitro or Radien Tech knock-offs) just for the scale apperance. But I will also remember the more scale something is, espcially a warbird, the harder they are to fly in the smaller scales.