I just finished training on my Nexstar. I loved it, until I flew another plane and saw how much more nimble some of the other trainers are. The Tower Trainer is a great deal, and the Avistar is a great flying plane. The Nexstar is very solid. You can fly it in the wind, but it is more affected by the wind. Because of the huge amount of dihedral, the plane wants to roll and dive with rudder use, making landing a bit more of a challenge than with other planes. It does this in the simulator too, so you're probably used to that (you should be using rudder to take off and land). With the wing droops and speed flaps you can fly really, really slow, and land slow. I took them off after the first day though, and never used them again. The plane flies just like it does on the sim you are using. The RTF is a waste of money if you already have a sim, and the leveling system that comes with it is advised against.

I think the Nexstar is one of the best looking trainers (except for the more expensive Sig planes), and I thought I really liked the nylon wing bolts, but really rubber bands are not that bad. I think I bought it 90% for the looks, and again I was really happy with it until I flew the Avistar at the end of my training.

I got the ARF Nexstar. I enjoyed assembling the plane while getting to know and understand how everything works, and choosing my own radio and engine. Knowing what I know now I probably would have gotten an Avistar and a 4 channel radio.