I ordered my first kit, the Widebody 40, directly from CA Models before they had a U.S. distributor. I called a number in Miami that rolled over to Argentina. The order went fine and the kit arrived in about a week. Aeroworks charges a lot to ship. I think I paid $20 for my Epsilon and $15 for a replacement canopy in a small box. They had to make a profit on the canopy. Those and another WB 40 kit were shipped regular ground, so it took about 7 days to arrive. The charges seemed excessive to me.

The good thing about calling CA Models direct is that you sometimes speak with Marcelo Columbo. Very nice guy. My first kit was missing some balsa and I called the factory. They were upset that anything was missing. In two days I had a box shipped express from Argentina with what I was missing. That must have cost a lot of money.

I'm trying to remember the place in Colorado that sells pattern stuff. The owner is Rocco and a nice guy. I spoke to him on the phone and he spent a lot of time talking pattern. I think they are in Boulder. Anyone know who I'm talking about? I know that I should remember and I don't have a bookmark of their site. Sheesh. Anyway, they wanted the distributorship and Aeroworks got it instead.