ringleheim Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Hopefully we will get a surprise new WNW release in December. This raises the question: "What might it be?" In trying to answer, I have studied all of the projects of 1:1 aircraft built by The Vintage Aviator as referenced at their website. Of the twelve projects listed, all but three have already been built as kits by WNW! The redundancy makes sense as the companies are both owned by Peter Jackson and the research in one area supports research in the other. I have often noticed in terms of research/info/reference photos how much our WNW kits are supported by work stemming from Vintage Aviator. The three full size aircraft that have yet to become WNW kits are: 1) Fokker DVIII 2) BE.2 3) Nieuport 11 Bebe Anyone think one of those three specifically could become a WNW new release some time soon? Which would you want to see kitted the most, if they were only going to make 1? Of those 3, I think I would vote for the DVIII Fokker. I think the Nieuport 11 would be very popular among modelers however. The BE.2 seems too similar to other British aircraft we have already received from WNW to really get me excited. Jolly Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Roger Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Another vote for the D.VIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smitty44 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) Handley Page Bomber ! Dr.1-F.1 Edited November 10, 2017 by Smitty44 Rick Griewski and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 BE.2 or DH.4 for me. They have enough of them! I've been waiting for a BE in particular for the longest time. Realistically I expect the E.V/D.VIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Oh god guys please don't start yet another “I wish they'd make X†thread, it seems like one of these starts (or develops) every week... Alburymodeler, Bill Cross, Rick Griewski and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 Oh god guys please don't start yet another “I wish they'd make X†thread, it seems like one of these starts (or develops) every week... Did you bother to read my original post? I realize it's not super short. There was a method to the madness. If the topic doesn't interest you, why participate in the conversation? KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 I did, and then started twitching at responses... but I'm going to apologize for my "slight" overreaction. it's been a pretty difficult week and the hamster running on the wheel in my head has run so fast that it's burst into flames. Not that that's any excuse for my snapping. I think it's a safe assumption that there'sy sharing of research between TVAL and WNW but the two seem to be completely separate in terms of priorities. The colors of WNW's lozenge compared to the much more authentic colors of the TVAL lozenge still astounds me. WNW has said time and time again that their focus is not aircraft that have been kitted before - the Avis/Mikro Mir D.VIII kit is not a terrible kit and is readily available, and the Ni11/16 can still be found from eastern European manufacturers that aren't much worse than Roden kits. If I had to guess, I'd not expect any focus to go on either subject anytime soon. Speaking of the BE2 though, we ran a most-wanted kit poll on the facebook Wingnut Wings Fans group in September/October. Two rounds, both ran for a week. Round one was everyone listing their most wanted aircraft, round two was the top five most wanted put into a poll which was then shared with Richard @ Wingnut. The top 5 were SPAD 13, Nieuport 17, Sopwith Dolphin, Avro 504, and the Be.2. SPAD 13 took well over 40% of the vote, BE2 was in a pretty distant second place. Richard's response was shared on the group also - it was very kindly worded but it read to me as "thanks, great, we're still going to do whatever we want to do." And you know what? That's ok with me, because I'm going to buy one or two of each kit they release regardless of subject! MikeC, LSP_K2 and Alburymodeler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Any one of the three would be nice, but i would love to see a Fokker Triplane Bill Cross and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 As Mike said a couple of posts above, the WNW Fans page had a poll, Avro 504 was in the top 5 - it's what I voted for. The aircraft chosen by Smith-Barrie, "the man who taught the World's Air Forces how to fly". Can there be any aircraft more historically significant? </Hobby Horse dismount> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Of the three mentioned, the BE.2 would be the most likely given WNW's previous reluctance to build anything someone else has already kitted. There's already a couple of readily-available Nieuport 11's out there, and the D.VIII has also not long seen light of day. The real 'big' missing item in 1/32 is the Nieuport 17, apart from the ancient Academy/Revell kit. I'd be surprised if WNW didn't look at that in future. It could be anything, though. I'd love a Hanriot HD.1, Sopwith Dolphin, Airco DH.5... Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Don't forget the hanriot and avro 504 they have access to. KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alburymodeler Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Oh god guys please don't start yet another “I wish they'd make X†thread, it seems like one of these starts (or develops) every week... Yeah, I want a Beaufighter. BlackMikeModels and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Yeah, I want a Beaufighter. Don't you voodoo wish their focus away from making the Fairey Fruitbat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 The DH-4 would be a seeming natural. The spad, Dr-1, and neuiports are all available, and good kits, very buildable. The DVIII is available again, and a good kit, and there is plenty of A/M to spiff it up. A lot of us would like to see a lot of kits up to WNW standards, but they will do their WWI stuff. I'm content to leave the WWII speculation to Tamiya, Hase, HK, and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta 14 addict Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 To be honest, i don't care. As long that a certain new kit is not on the shelves yet i don't care about it. I lay my focus on my models that are in my stash, the rest is just future and we will see once it's happens. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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