Unfortunately, shipping a 138S from the US to Australia is not likely to be an in-expensive excercise!
The reason that they're going to cost that, is he has a couple of incomplete chassis, spare parts and he's going to build one up, which will take him some time obviously. I'll also get to pretty much specify what heads I want. Any suggestions there?
Are Durst 138S very common? I don't think there has ever been one for sale on the Australian ebay.
Are the 138S one of the better 4x5 enlargers? I have to say, having the whole thing installed and calibrated for me is attractive, since I'm just getting into wet processes. I paid more money for my 24" DesignJet. Maybe there are some things I can get him to throw in out of his warehouse which will make it more worth it?
Daniel.
Edit :
This was his suggestion too.