Just a brief note of explanation.

Aerocraft of Riverhead, New York State, cut all of the Telemaster builder's kits for Hobby-Lobby. Last year Aerocraft were unable to buy sufficient balsa to produce Telemaster kits as apparently the Chinese had bought most of the crop to make wind turbine blades. That is why I have not been able to buy T40s for twelve months and why the supply of Senior Telemaster (STM) kits dried up soon after that.

The good news is that Aerocraft have managed to buy sufficient balsa wood to enable the production of both the T40 and STM. In fact the T40 is currently being produced and I'm assured that both kits will be available from Hobby-Lobby within a couple of months or so. The new kits will feature laser cut parts as opposed to die-stamped parts and despite rumours to the contrary both kits will continue to contain the same substantial aluminium undercarriages which have always been a feature of these kits.

The ARTFs are produced in China. Presumably the manufacturer there managed to secure sufficient balsa to allow for production but even the Electro, which is an ARTF T40, was not available for much of last year.

I have a list of fourteen British enthusiasts interested in buying these kits, if they all put their money where their mouths are, I shall be very pleased.

You can add two Italians interested in the Giant Telemaster too!