STWilliams Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Why are WNW doing Goering, of all people? A murdering war criminal, responsible for countless deaths, is that really what people want to model, paint & display? I don't get it? VMA131Marine, Rick Griewski and iang 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyfoos Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, STWilliams said: Why are WNW doing Goering, of all people? A murdering war criminal, responsible for countless deaths, is that really what people want to model, paint & display? I don't get it? He wasn't that in WW1. I have little interest in his figure but I'm not opposed to seeing it modeled. He was the JG lead and had unique markings. I think your question would fall into that usual question of why model SS or Nazis in general? Granted it's not the same category of crime, but Randy Cunningham ended up in prison and his jet is probably the modeled USN F-4 in any scale. Add...Maybe also because he is so (in)famous is a reason why they chose him? Edited September 17, 2019 by ziggyfoos MikeC and Darren Howie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 hour ago, STWilliams said: Why are WNW doing Goering, of all people? A murdering war criminal, responsible for countless deaths, is that really what people want to model, paint & display? I don't get it? It is an interesting point to me. I had some thought along those lines when I saw the new announcement. Herman certainly was not a good human being, he just had the opportunity to go onto far worse things than most vets as his war crimes occurred in the next WW. I thought of building up a different version of the DVII than his and posing the figure with that plane most people don’t know what young Goering looked like. I am not that interested in the pure white scheme personally but this is a chance to get the kit and use other markings with it. I don’t have any problem though with this packaging and posing the figure with the plane. I am not certain that modeling young Herman next to his plane is entirely relevant to his behavior later. MikeC and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 If they’re going to go there, hopefully WNW will release Christiansen’s W.29. scvrobeson, Alburymodeler, Uncarina and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 That in s it for me. The plain white bird as opposed to so many other colorful schemes. Fatty himself as a WWI pilot is only so interesting. ( to me) as for the rest, non of us knows the future, or where we may be or do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Dave Williams said: If they’re going to go there, hopefully WNW will release Christiansen’s W.29. They did. The duelist boxing with the Felixstowe. The Dude and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 8 hours ago, STWilliams said: Why are WNW doing Goering, of all people? A murdering war criminal, responsible for countless deaths, is that really what people want to model, paint & display? I don't get it? People build kits with Swastikas on them, so I don't really see the difference. If you're going to say that a kit depicting Goering shouldn't be made, then logically you should also be opposed to any model of anything German from the period 1933-45. LSP_K2 and Ryan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 7 hours ago, cbk57 said: I don’t have any problem though with this packaging and posing the figure with the plane. I am not certain that modeling young Herman next to his plane is entirely relevant to his behavior later. It's not, not at all. He was also one of the relatively small batch of pilots that was awarded a Blue Max during WWI, so there is historical significance there. MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) It's kind of a slippery slope to go down this path. My immediate reaction to the Göring kit was the following, all of which made me say "I am not buying this kit." 1) I already have 2 Fokker D.VIIs in my stash 2) Göring's all white plane is very boring 3) Göring was a total scumbag of a human and I, personally, don't want to build a model of his airplane. I do not have a problem with WNW choosing this subject matter, however. Edited September 17, 2019 by ringleheim MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pup7309 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 When I saw it I did think for a few seconds hmmm...is there not another ace they could have done? But for me and I imagine for most it is about modelling- interest and cost. It’s just he became a repugnant figure and his image isn’t what everyone wants to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Eduard released Goerings Albatros years ago. Did anyone make a hue and cry back then? Ryan, Troy Molitor and monthebiff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Gazzas said: Eduard released Goerings Albatros years ago. Did anyone make a hue and cry back then? Indeed. The old Revell 1/72 Fokker D.VII has been released over the years with Goering's aicraft as a decal option as well. I also seem to recall that there were murmurs of discontent from various quarters when WNW released the W.29 without including decals for Friedrich Christiansen's aircraft - and he turned out to be a Nazi war criminal too. So much discontent, in fact, that WNW went with his aircraft as the sole option for the W.29 in the Felixstowe Dualists set... Edited September 17, 2019 by vince14 scvrobeson, LSP_K2, MikeC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Goering or not its a WNW D.V11 with a WW1 ace not interested in war criminal drivel there were plenty of those on both sides in WW2 and this is based on events long before then. scvrobeson, Gazzas and Ryan 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I was thinking about this morning on the way into work...I think for me, the idea of how to pull off the all white finish and make it interesting is the challenge...give what could be a very dull and boring paint scheme some life.... haven't decided yet as I have way too many projects and one more won't help. Just my thoughts...not important. P Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 HG or not, just like the BvR release, this allows us 'late to the party' to aquire these OOP kits without donating kidneys on ebay. LSP_K2, joker and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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