The tricycle landing gear is by far much more easy to handle in most applications, torque of the engine is very controllable by the front wheel, you do not need to pull the elevator stick and can run the entire runaway in a straight line. A well behaved tail dragger will do the same but you will find your self using much more your thumbs to accomplish this situation.
Some tail draggers are very difficult to keep in a straight line and many pilots tend to give full throttle and take off right away which can lead to a sudden take off stall.
Most of my planes are tail draggers and I am very use to them but when I fly one of the student’s trainers I always remember the easiness of the trikes. On the other hand, yes we are all modelers and changes in our planes is something natural to us, but keep in mind that if someone is in its beginnings steps a trike will help for much more fun than start to fight at the take offs.
I had the Horizon Super Stick once and it was a great flier, I assemble it as a tail dragger just to save some weight, it flew great and I highly recommend it. As per the colors, yes I also think that the GP stick looks great in that bright red.
Happy landings.
Alfredo.