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My first question for you David have properly tuned No.4 and got a really sharp Iron. I would say 2-3 hours work would be tops. Flatten sole on a known flat surface granite or float glass. Make sure frog makes good contact with body. No gaps between cap Iron and Iron.
Do a search on WWM Ken has put a few videos on tuning planes.
Veritas and Lie-Nielsen are top quality and cannot be beat. All that is required is to hone the Irons and away you go. As with most bench planes you can fettle to suit wood being planed. Also Clifton Planes are of good standard. Quangsheng planes are of a decent quality reasonable priced.
I do have some Stanley premium planes and are at least 1/2 cost of the Veritas and Lie-Nielsen planes.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/stanley-no-62-low-angle-sweetheart-jack-plane
http://www.axminster.co.uk/stanley-no-4-sweetheart-premium-bench-plane
The above links are to show you the Stanley bench planes I have they are good for flatness but quite heavy. I have started to use these more and more as to my normal Record and Stanley bench planes.