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Academys Honey
Doc
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Posted: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 07:34 AM UTC
...has just been posted at Great Models ( www.greatmodels.com) for $18.75 US.
Which is actually close to what it would cost you in Korea, where they are made. All of Academy kits have the price, in won ( pronounced wahn ) on the box. As you look at the box, the right hand end of the box has a series of numbers and letters, seperated by a dash. The number after the dash will always be a number in the thousands. This number is how much the kit sells for in Korea in won. 1000 won works out to be about $1 US. So, the Academy M-10 and Achilles kits, that 'retail' for $37 US and are marked down to $27.75 would sell in Korea for 18000 won or about $18 US. When I was in the ROK, I picked up the Academy M-12 for $15 US and an interior Tiger for $13 US.

YooHoo!!! BEER, BEER, BEER, BED, BED, BED!!!

PS, yah, I have the AFV Club tracks for the nasty Tamiya Stuart and Verlinden Honey Conversion. The real question is do I use all this to turn the old Tamiya kit into a decent model or just say screw it and buy the Academy kits? BTW, I've read in afew places that Academy may have made an error on the road wheels of the Honey. I need to do some more checking. The articles I have read say that the fugly Tamiya kit may have more accurate road wheels. Also, Academys Honey has a turret basket included. Do NOT use it. It would not be accurate to have this basket in a M-3. Throw it in the spares box.
Kencelot
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Posted: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 07:46 AM UTC
So...in other words $18.75 U.S. is a good price for the lil' Honey!
Cool beans. I still wanna wait for the M3A1 version which should be right around the corner. (Fingers crossed)
210cav
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Joined: February 05, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:10 AM UTC
Ken--I purchased a Honey via the Hobbynet for $18.75 plus $6 for S/H. I thought it was a steal. The pictures of the model is enough to make you droole. The interior, breech, and overall appearence is dynamite. It is suppose to ship within 24 hours. I'll post a follow-up when I get her.
DJ
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