I had the Venus II and I liked it a lot. I didn't get the Focus Sport because I thought the Venus looked cooler, and I guess because the VII is a bit easier of an assembly.

However the Focus is an actual pattern design - it is a shrunken down 2M airplane. The Venus, as much as we all like it, is a sport plane from Great Planes. Most of GP planes are 'overbuilt' and on the heavy side. The Venus is built like a tank, probably to handle the abuse that us newer pilots give to airplanes.

I found the big 1-piece wing a pain to carry around and install/uninstall. If I could get over the 'looks' thing, I would have liked to try the Focus, it's just more of a professional model. There are some very detailed build threads on the Focus.

All this being said, I do not regret starting with the VII and I'd still be flying it if I weren't looking to get into electric flight - it is a lot of fun to fly.