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                        AUTOS - Auto Forum Group Build Tamiya Williams F1 BMW FW24! in 1/20 Scale...

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:33 PM
                        I would gladly pay $34. I can't find it around here for less than $40 Angry [:(!].

                        Darren
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                        der_jackal
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                          December 2002
                        Posted by der_jackal on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 10:36 AM
                        Am Morgen meine Auto versendet aus Japan!!!

                        I had to cancel one of the other items on the order because it was back ordered *mumbles*....or else I'd probably still be waiting for my FW24
                        _________________ "Therefore, the best warfare strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, next is to attack alliances, next is to attack the army, and the worst is to attack a walled city." -Sun Tzu
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:50 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by dkmacin

                        No kit yet.
                        Still waiting, and waiting,and waiting. . .
                        Going to check the shop tomorrow.
                        Does anyone have any idea why FSM said the MSRP is $24 and change and I can't find it for less than $34?? Must be the supply and demand thing going here, If I was a conspiracy nut I would say FSM and Tamiya are working in tandem to gouge us poor little modelers and take our money.
                        See what happens when I have to wait?

                        Don


                        Yeah I get a kick out of this too and have for years....FSM always has used the MSRP pricing in reviews and other things....Its a joke! Really, I have yet to find a new kit...that FSM has done a feature or review on for the price they listed!
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                        dkmacin
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
                        Posted by dkmacin on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:21 AM
                        No kit yet.
                        Still waiting, and waiting,and waiting. . .
                        Going to check the shop tomorrow.
                        Does anyone have any idea why FSM said the MSRP is $24 and change and I can't find it for less than $34?? Must be the supply and demand thing going here, If I was a conspiracy nut I would say FSM and Tamiya are working in tandem to gouge us poor little modelers and take our money.
                        See what happens when I have to wait?

                        Don
                        I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 8:51 PM
                        well, chris, i'm just waiting for my kit!!!!


                        then i'll be postin my little fingers off...lol
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 8:50 PM
                        well, chris, i'm just waiting for my kit!!!!


                        then i'll be postin my little fingers off...lol
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:29 PM
                        Hey is anyone still here or did everyone give up.....I called tower and my kit is supposed to be here tomorrow.....Been getting some run around regarding it....first time I have ever had trouble with tower....but come to find out its because of FED EX and not tower!
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 9, 2003 1:41 PM
                        Ok that link worked fine....thanks
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                        nicholma
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                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Sunday, November 9, 2003 1:57 AM
                        Try www.interq.or.jp/japan/acustion

                        This will take you to the english page and so the japanese characters won't be transposed to look like rubbish
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        dkmacin
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
                        Posted by dkmacin on Saturday, November 8, 2003 5:30 PM
                        Selective memory indeed!
                        Well. . .maybe me too, but before JPM even finished old Mike (NASCAR) Joy was saying it would be "easier" for JPM because the Cup Car was so much like the one he drove everyday (???? JPM Does NOT drive a Monte Carlo!!) while Jeffy would be handicaped because of the lack of fenders. . . All said and done, both did very well.
                        Darren. . .I think your telling us Jeff Gordon is not a rainbow warrior any more, now he's a flamer?

                        Sorry I'm out of touch a bit, no FW24 at the hobby shop. . .the distributor is out of them and the same for the Walter Wolf kit I ordered too. Time to get a new distributor!!

                        Don
                        I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 2:33 PM
                        Hold on there cowboy. There aint no rainbows on the #24 Dupont Chevrolet, those are flames!!! They dropped the rainbow a few years ago after a difficult season when they lost their traitor crew cheif Ray Evernham Smile [:)].

                        Also, I don't remeber JPM doing quite that well in the Cup car. Maybe I'm suffering an attack of selective memory syndrome Tongue [:P].

                        Darren
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 11:55 AM
                        yea chris, i got the same thing
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                        dkmacin
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
                        Posted by dkmacin on Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:53 AM
                        Ron,
                        Jackal is correct, do not confuse the wonderful Champ cars with the IRL @#$@ wagons or with the much more great F1 cars.
                        Ask your NASCAR driver how he liked driving the FW24 (Jeff Gordon took the car for a few laps on the Indianapolis F1 Course, and JPM took the Rainbow Chevy for a few also).
                        Granted Jeff would ahve qualified on the F1 grid, but JPM was mere ticks off a front row!
                        The FSM and the SA review of the FW24 seemed identical because they were writen by the same guy. . .and the review was a bit sparse compared to the others reviewed in both mags.
                        Kimi needs to relax, he has a Scot behind him, just like Mika did, and we all know DC is a great number 2, he never has the support of Ron Dennis.
                        Anyway, I'm off to the shop to check for my kit!!

                        Don
                        I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 4:01 AM
                        Ok was it just me or did that link not work....sure it took me to a site that looked like someone didnt properly know how to write HTML.....but thats about it. Just lines and lines of HTML code and characters but no content...
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                        nicholma
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                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Saturday, November 8, 2003 2:10 AM
                        OK now that you've got the kit and you thought your expenses were behind you check out the acu-stion site and the aftermarket sets they have for the FW24. They are fabulous(check out the Enzo, F40, F50 etc as well) but be prepared to take out a second mortgage!!

                        www.acustion.com/index.html/2e.html
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 7, 2003 11:40 PM
                        I see that Im not the only one who didnt get the kit when I was supposed to.....ahh maybe tomorrow!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 7, 2003 6:41 PM
                        This is kool....... non of us has started the build yet, and we are already up to 3 pages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                        AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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                        der_jackal
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                          December 2002
                        Posted by der_jackal on Friday, November 7, 2003 6:02 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by dkmacin


                        Jackal, I liked Mika. I loved it when he kicked Michael's butt, (Went crazy when the Ferrari slammed into the Mclaren of DC that was awesome!!)
                        But I think Kimi is his own worst enemy. . .too much pressure??
                        I wish F1 was as long as the NASCAR season. . .

                        Don


                        Kimi will be just fine.. he's only 24 for crying out loud. Big Smile [:D]
                        A more reliable car will show up next year. Look at what he did w/ an old chasis and some mechanical DNFs. 2nd overall. He's spot on going to win a few races next year and possibly walk away with the drivers championship.
                        _________________ "Therefore, the best warfare strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, next is to attack alliances, next is to attack the army, and the worst is to attack a walled city." -Sun Tzu
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                        der_jackal
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                          December 2002
                        Posted by der_jackal on Friday, November 7, 2003 5:59 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by littlemoe

                        Sorry but the majority of the F1 guys are too snooty and stuck on them selves to allow their season to be that long.......They can't even decideon one organization....... Sorrry but thatsmy own opinion....



                        You're getting CART / IRL confused with F1. Formula One has been under the supervision of the FIA since it's inception. CART / IRL are the Hatfields and McCoy's of American open wheel racing. That was basically because Tony George and the Indianapolis Speedway wanted things changed that the governing body of CART didn't want to see.

                        F1 races on 5 continents and their season is only 17 races long (this is chagning). The length of the season is mostly because of the travel. It runs primarily every other week from February to October with one back to back weekend, and week break tossed in once the circuit hits Europe. Those off weeks the teams retire to a home track and procede to test and work on the cars. Much the same as NASCAR does, only all of NASCARs circuits can be travelled to by truck/trailer in a matter of days, F1 needs more travel time
                        _________________ "Therefore, the best warfare strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, next is to attack alliances, next is to attack the army, and the worst is to attack a walled city." -Sun Tzu
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 7, 2003 5:37 PM
                        Sorry but the majority of the F1 guys are too snooty and stuck on them selves to allow their season to be that long.......They can't even decideon one organization....... Sorrry but thatsmy own opinion....




                        How caome i cant find the roden kit on the Squadron web site????
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                        dkmacin
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
                        Posted by dkmacin on Friday, November 7, 2003 3:46 PM
                        NO FW24!!!
                        THe store was swammped today, and they haven't unpacked stuff yet so I hope it is there tomorrow. . .

                        Jackal, I liked Mika. I loved it when he kicked Michael's butt, (Went crazy when the Ferrari slammed into the Mclaren of DC that was awesome!!)
                        But I think Kimi is his own worst enemy. . .too much pressure??
                        I wish F1 was as long as the NASCAR season. . .

                        Don
                        I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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                        der_jackal
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                          December 2002
                        Posted by der_jackal on Friday, November 7, 2003 11:17 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by dkmacin

                        Tomorrow, Friday my FW24 is supposed to be in! Oh joy, Oh Bliss!
                        Jackal. . .ahhh never mind, I won't even start.
                        Safer this way.


                        Don



                        awww C'mon, you know you can't win w/o FINNISH..hehehehe
                        _________________ "Therefore, the best warfare strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, next is to attack alliances, next is to attack the army, and the worst is to attack a walled city." -Sun Tzu
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 7, 2003 7:51 AM
                        LOL I believe they did make a mistake and a big one hehe....I spent an hour looking for that kit after seeing that link!!!!!!

                        Hmmmmmm that text also reads almost identical to the review as in FSM? Am I buying 2 mags to get a review of the same kit which is almost verbatim? I need to find my SAE!
                        LOL
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                        ThomasA3D
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                          August 2003
                        • From: Denmark
                        Posted by ThomasA3D on Friday, November 7, 2003 6:59 AM
                        @HistoryinScale

                        I think FSM made a mistake in the yellow specs box
                        - the text mentions it as a Tamiya 1/20 F1 kit

                        I havent seen it in SAE - I’ll have to check that out :)
                        ThomasA3D http://www.a3d.dk
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 7, 2003 5:41 AM
                        Oh and the link to the article you posted isnt the same kit or scale but still looks cool!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 7, 2003 5:39 AM
                        SAE also has it in thier mag!
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                        ThomasA3D
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                          August 2003
                        • From: Denmark
                        Posted by ThomasA3D on Friday, November 7, 2003 5:11 AM
                        Have you seen FSM has reviewed the model?
                        Heres the link: http://www.finescale.com/fsm/article.aspx?aID=1293
                        ThomasA3D http://www.a3d.dk
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 6, 2003 9:25 PM
                        kool, lets us know how the kit looks!!!!!!!!


                        mine should be here next week.....
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                        dkmacin
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich
                        Posted by dkmacin on Thursday, November 6, 2003 9:10 PM
                        Tomorrow, Friday my FW24 is supposed to be in! Oh joy, Oh Bliss!
                        Jackal. . .ahhh never mind, I won't even start.
                        Safer this way.


                        Don
                        I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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