I spent the day browsing this thread and I'm really interested in owning an F1.
I remember as a kid looking through my Tower hobbies catalogs and one of the cars I always wanted was the Kyosho Target/Scotch Lola Indy car.
There is no local racing class here but I love the way the cars look. The combination of model and usable car is awesome.
I'm close to selling my HPI Cup Racer to fund one since it just sits and even if I never ran an F1 it would look better on my shelf.
From what I see the F104 from Tamiya is what I would want.
Any suggestions as to which version would be better and why? I'm targeting the F104W and F104 Pro / V2 and I'd be hoping to keep the kit cost close to $200.