ETO will now be stocked and shipped for the time being by my long standing friend Daryl Turner. With Bob Held's steadily increasing work load since he 'retired' only to be called back in to work immediately with an increased work schedule, he no longer has the time to ship for ETO. I wish to thank Bob for his efforts on behalf of ETO.

After Bob and I talked about the situation this past weekend Bob said he would have the stock to Daryl rapidly, hopefully by this weekend. Daryl is primed and ready to ship both new orders and the few backlogged orders in the system.

Daryl and I go way back in our mutual hobby, almost to the very beginning when the Tiger 1 was introduced with the excellent electronics that started it all. It was Daryl who designed and built the all the transmission braces for the Tamiya tanks, the spring loaded idler systems, the Panther barrel sleeve to solve the barrel wobble in the earliest Tamiya Panthers and a host of other parts. I have often called him our 'resident genius' on this forum and that statement is not a compliment, it is simply truth.

I will keep everyone in the loop during this transition and Daryl and I are looking forward to a mutual working relationship.

Sev