It seems like it did take around a month or maybe a bit more. I was not impressed at all with their (his) customer service. Enough said on that. The floats are pretty good, I guess, IF you have some scratch building ability and artistic talent. I had no experience with completely balsa sheeting such a complex shape, and I am no sculptor! You need to do some carving of raw blocks. Mine came out pretty bad. I used them once and replaced them with some Modelfly floats. I found that the instructions mentioned using some glue that would disolve the foam. I pointed that out to the guy up there and he quickly changed the instructions. When I pointed that out, he said it was just a coincidence, and was going to update the instructions anyway. He basically told me tough-****, I bought them, ruined them by not being experienced, and I was on my own. He did, however, give me some ideas of how to fix my ruined floats. I hope you get your box of raw materials soon. Don't get contact cement anywhere near the foam, as the instructions used to tell you to do. It melts FAST! If you are a skilled builder, you'll be fine. If they arrive![X(] Have fun!