TNW turn around on kits ??

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TNW turn around on kits ??

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I shipped my mg 34 ( DOT 44 ) kit to TNW last week for them to build. I know several fellows here have recently
received their completed guns and was curious as to the turn around time.

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I'd say call them and find out, wont hurt. When I was put on the wait list and got my semi from them, I recieved it way faster than I had expected. It got to me two weeks earlier before they had told me it would be ready.
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Bossman wrote:I shipped my mg 34 ( DOT 44 ) kit to TNW last week for them to build. I know several fellows here have recently
received their completed guns and was curious as to the turn around time.

Thanks

Roger from Iowa
Well what a coincidence! Today I got the famous call from Kim at TNW to tell me the 34 build up was ready!
I sent the parts set via UPS and they got it on 12/13/05, So it took them less than three weeks. Iguess they worked through the hollidays!

Jorge
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What are they charging to build your kit if I may ask??? TIA, Mike
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MDMike wrote:What are they charging to build your kit if I may ask??? TIA, Mike
$2799
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Jorge

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mp5 wrote:
MDMike wrote:What are they charging to build your kit if I may ask??? TIA, Mike
$2799
WOW, but I bet it is worth it...
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mdmike wrote:
MP5 wrote:$2799
WOW, but I bet it is worth it...
When I was a little kid I fantasized about flying an Me-109; as a teenager I took flying lessons and thought one day I could get a surplus P-51, which used to sell for a tiny fraction of what they go for today.
Now that I am an old fart, with no hope of getting one of those planes I can at least have a period piece from that era.
I bought my Class Three stuff when it was much cheaper, and unfortunately I moved to a Class Three unfriendly county.
It would be too expensive, too complicated to get a full auto 34 now.
With the 34 on the Lafette, I would get within 75% of the real thing, at one tenth the price.

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Wow $2799 seems like a lot of money but I'd bet it takes them the better part of a week to build it.
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mp5 wrote: When I was a little kid I fantasized about flying an Me-109; as a teenager I took flying lessons and thought one day I could get a surplus P-51, which used to sell for a tiny fraction of what they go for today.
Now that I am an old fart, with no hope of getting one of those planes I can at least have a period piece from that era.
I bought my Class Three stuff when it was much cheaper, and unfortunately I moved to a Class Three unfriendly county.
It would be too expensive, too complicated to get a full auto 34 now.
Wiht the 34 on the Lafette, I would get within 75% of the real thing, at one tenth the price.

Jorge
I know what you mean in some respects. My flying instructor was a WWll B-17 pilot. My favorite plane was the P-51 Mustang. We would talk for hours about flying the '17 and '51. He told me he had flown a P-51 once and had a friend who owned an operational one. I never gave it much thought until one day there was a fly-in at the local airport. As I pulled up there sat his friend's P-51. It wasn't what I would call a totally "vintage" warbird like you see on the History Channel but it was close enough for me. I spent the better part of the day going over that plane. Finally the offer came to take her up. I couldn't do it. I was afraid something would happen as I didn't have many hours as PIC. Anyhow, I got to see and sit in one and I will never forget it. On a final note I also finally got to see a B-17. She was smaller than I thought after watching "12 O'Clock High" but got to see one of those too.
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Does TNW build a new receiver for the SA mg34?
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