Here is another VMC260L for sale:
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=683272
Or you can get one new from OPT (optcorp.com) for about US$3400.
Shipping would be about US$325 and GST would be about AUD$450.
There is a specific Vixen reducer but chances are lots of reducers may work. The AP67 reducer is often used with RCs so perhaps that will work with it.
I got a VMC95L as a new guide scope. It has a curved spider which also makes for little or no diffraction spikes.
Milling down the spider or replacing it with a curved aftermarket one, plus a feathertouch focuser, reducer of some sort and perhaps rotating Parallax rings would make nice future improvements to the scope. A Tak collimating scope or laser collimator would also be useful if it is sensitive to collimation.
Bang for you buck it doesn't have a lot of competitors. The main competitor now are the Astrotech RC scopes. Perhaps an Edge HD 11 or a Meade ACF 10 or 12 inch. But they have corrector plates which means more likely to have dew problems (the Vixen would be somewhat dewproof) and perhaps some colour aberrations from the corrector plate (not a lot really). I believe it is also quite light.
Greg.