Granted there are a few good ARF Mfg's out there but the fact still remains that,
if you build it, you know what is under the covering and don't have a doubt about
the type of or how much of glue or adhesives are used in the construction. I feel
your pain as I myself prefer to build rather than buy an ARF. With the up surger in
ARF sales, most mfg's are discontinuing kits in favor of Asian built ARF's. With the
pace of life getting faster as the years go by, many people don't have the time or
patience to build from kits. Unfortunately the new breed of modeller today doesn't
know the joys of building from a kit or scratch building, all they are interested in is
how fast they can assemble it (if they even do that themselves) and get it to the field
to fly it.

On most of the planes I am currently building I have the Lazer-Works in Witchta Falls, Texas
cut all of my short kits for me, as I don't have the time to cut parts from plans and you can't beat the
acuracy of the parts. Most of the time I only have them do wing ribs for me, Eddie is
not only a source for lazer cutting but he is a proffesional modeller as well, and is very
selective in the wood he choses to use for his business. I am sure that you have a
modeller that has a laser cutting busines in Aussie Land, seek them out and get them to
give you estimates. Just for the record the Lazer-Works charges on the average $1 per
minute of lazer time. I recently purchased a RCM Bobcat plan #1017 short kit for less than $30.
He is also working on the 9' span Nosen Mr. Mulligan as we speak from the kit I sent him
to copy. If the urge strikes you send him an e-mail I'm sure he will ship overseas as well.
http://lazer-works.com/main.html