Thanks everyone, i will be asking and hopefully get some good advice from you guys.
@Iceman: i was searching for "recoat telescope mirror" (the 10" needs recoating badly! and the search pointed to an article on this forum, so i just poked around and was amazed at the information and obvious enthusiastic community spirit and decided it was the place for me.
Made contact with Andrews for costing on the 12" (freight etc) so should have a new addition to the family soon.
