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Yes I'll ship to Malaysia. it would only cost about $60 for the plans and composites. The cores take a HUGE box, and there's a large potential for shipping damage. it could cost a lot, then again it may not. My guess is that I might be able to ship the whole package overseas, cores and all, for about $100. That's really not TOO bad considering the local shipping on a large plane is that much or more. If you can't cut foam, it would cost you more than that to have these cores cut anyway. And so far, I haven't found anyone else that can cut these turtle decks around here

I really hope I'll have a full kit available some time in the not so distant future.

Back to the laser cutting for a second.....CNC cutting is the way to go. Nothing on this particular plane can't be cut by hand. there's nothing difficult about them really. It takes about an hour to cut all of the parts for the fuse. The root ribs take a little more, and that's really all there is to it.

I tried to make it as simple as possible, but looking at it from the start, I suppose it could be intimidating. but if ya just dive in and start building, it's amazing how easy it really is. Oh sure you may make some mistakes here and there, but then you learn. Once you can build one of these, you're no longer at the mercy of the $3000 airframe vendors. they're nice and worth it, but why if you don't have to?

-Mike