Guest Clunkmeister Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I'd rather a Be.2 or Strutter. Or even a Caudron or Voisin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Owens Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 WnW is not in competition with Roden or any other "conventional" manufacturer. Without Sir Peter Jackson's deep pockets and love of WWI aircraft, many WnW offerings would never have seen the light of day, and even the main-stream offerings would be out of the price range of all but the most ardent enthusiasts (like 1/72 AModel). I'm just glad I won't have to pay 200 quid for the Tripehound, as I want to do it as the Red Army version on skis. Rick Griewski and spacewolf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Importantly the profits from the mass DR1 sales would help fund more of those bizarre and unusual WW1 aircraft that catch everyones eye somethng Roden have never contributed to. WNW don't need the alleged massive profits that a Dr.I would apparently bring in to fund 'bizarre and unusual' subjects. You can tell this is the case because they're released a number of kits of lesser-known types without needing to provide a Dr.I in the first place to generate these apparent huge profits. I guess that having a guy who is worth over $400m owning and guiding the company has some benefits. I'm also still amazed that so many people who bleat on about the lack of a WNW Fokker Triplane can't actually get it's designation correct. STWilliams 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 So when do these go on sale ? I've looked around and can't find any info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 No-one knows right now. I would guess at some point in 2018... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STWilliams Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 It shouldn't be surprising that WnWs is doing a decal sheet for Roden. Richard Alexander once posted that WnWs is not about to compete with Roden and this proves it. Except for the DH.2. And Sopwith Triplane. And SE.5a. And Pfalz D.III (although WNW's Pfalz D.IIIa is a different aircraft, to be fair). And Camel (Although that's Academy, RIchard did say they'd not produce ANY model that had an existing 1/32 kit). Producing decals for somebody else's kit in your own kit's boxing is very odd, I know of no other manufacturer who have done this? You are basically encouraging your customers to go out & buy a competitors kit - indeed, the decals are useless without it. Just very, very odd behaviour, kind of giving Roden a leg up. Have WNW invested in Roden, by any chance? Would be a good match-up, strategically, and WNW could afford it. I emailed Richard Alexander a few weeks ago, asking him, in effect, not to release kits celebrating specific pilots. He said "whatever we do, some people will be disappointed". I never realised it was me that would be disappointed! scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 You are basically encouraging your customers to go out & buy a competitors kit Reminds me of Miracle on 34th Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 For my part I remain thrilled that we have WNW at all - ten years back if ya told me we would have subjects like the Felixstowe, Gotha or even two seaters like the Roland C and Salmson 2A2 produced in quality 1/32 plastic kits I woulda said you were nuts. spacewolf, Tnarg, monthebiff and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Except for the DH.2. And Sopwith Triplane. And SE.5a. And Pfalz D.III (although WNW's Pfalz D.IIIa is a different aircraft, to be fair). And Camel (Although that's Academy, RIchard did say they'd not produce ANY model that had an existing 1/32 kit). Producing decals for somebody else's kit in your own kit's boxing is very odd, I know of no other manufacturer who have done this? You are basically encouraging your customers to go out & buy a competitors kit - indeed, the decals are useless without it. Just very, very odd behaviour, kind of giving Roden a leg up. Have WNW invested in Roden, by any chance? Would be a good match-up, strategically, and WNW could afford it. I emailed Richard Alexander a few weeks ago, asking him, in effect, not to release kits celebrating specific pilots. He said "whatever we do, some people will be disappointed". I never realised it was me that would be disappointed! Except for Eduard, who basically does this very same thing on a massive scale with their photo etch sets. They will produce photo etch for their own 1/48 scale Bf 109, Spitfire and Fw 190 kits and then make photo etch for other companies' kits (ie, Hasegawa, Tamiya, Revell, etc...) in the same scale. I fail to see how producing after market stuff for another companies' kits is somehow counter-intuitive in some business sense. WNW doesn't make a Dr.1 or an Albatros D.III, so there is absolutely no overlap there. Edited April 22, 2018 by esarmstrong monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STWilliams Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Except for Eduard, who basically does this very same thing on a massive scale with their photo etch sets. They will produce photo etch for their own 1/48 scale Bf 109, Spitfire and Fw 190 kits and then make photo etch for other companies' kits (ie, Hasegawa, Tamiya, Revell, etc...) in the same scale. I fail to see how producing after market stuff for another companies' kits is somehow counter-intuitive in some business sense. WNW doesn't make a Dr.1 or an Albatros D.III, so there is absolutely no overlap there. Please re-read what I wrote - you bolded it and underline it. Then re-read the thread, because I'm not sure you understand. This is what I wrote (I've added bold & underlining): "Producing decals for somebody else's kit in your own kit's boxing". Please also bear in mind that WNW are offering decals for the Roden kits in their own kits boxing. You have to buy WNW's 1/32 Albie kit in order to get WNW's 1/32 Albie D.III or 1/32 Fokker Dr.I decals, both for the Roden kits. You cannot buy the decals separately. Eduard do not sell, say, a 1/32 109, and then include decals for Revell's Spitfire in the same box? Yes, they sell AM for Revell's Spitfire, but you buy them separately. Can you see the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 ^^ No need to be condescending, especially over something as unimportant as model airplanes. I see the difference now that you are pointing it out. But I see it as a difference without a distinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Can we please keep it civil fellas. Jolly Roger and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 For whatever reasons, WnW it's being awful civil to their non-competitors. We're really lucky to be WWI aircraft modellers right now. STWilliams, Tnarg, scvrobeson and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Maybe Phoen will catch on and make decals for Roden kits other than the Dr.1, and the Sieman's, because they have been conscentrating primarily on WnWs releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyforgothispassword Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 WNW - New Kit Coming? Scroll down to see box art etc https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=9476.60 At least two of those will end up in my stash, possibly three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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