I should point out that the guy in question (McDaniels models) had some really messed up troubles with money of some sort that I'm not privvy too. In any case this same problem was encountered by a lot of people who ordered from his site just before he temporarily disappeared. He did re-open his business a few months ago and apparently began shipping stuff to all the ppl he had orders from. This guy is not an bottom end, he's just a guy doing that stuff out of his garage in his own time and a lot of the time he's running a deficit. Don't pre-judge these garage-company guys on one bad experience, many ppl on the starship modeler forum have said nothing but praise regarding his service after he sorted out whatever money problems he had.
Not siding with the guy over you Khalee but I'm just giving the other side to the story about McDaniels, I don't know why he wont return emails though he does occasionally posts on the
www.starshipmodeler.com forums so you could try asking for him there.
Oh and he may be 'authorised' by ADB but he's still just an amateur operating out of his garage so don't trust everything you read off of ADB's site, he don't work for them and he ain't a contractor with them or anything.
edited by slug due to language content.