DonH Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 New 1/32 Dr.1 Yay, well done Meng! Tooling? Don't care. I have an Eduard Tornado F.3 that is Revell tooling and a Revell Phantom FGR.2 that is Hasegawa tooling. It's all plastic to me. Troy Molitor, Gazzas, wunwinglow and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Could see where this one was going very early on. So apparently three factories were doing the manufacture for WNW in China? Ok, so then Meng will release further ex-WNW stuff as they have some of the molds......? Then the "other" factory will release the rest of the WW1 WNW stuff under the name "Mong" models. Then finally another factory will release the Lancaster under the name "Ming" models. Meng, Ming, Mong. There - fixed it for you. Just off to open a new box of straws and do a bit of "clutchin'" ................. Edited June 19, 2020 by PhilB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm-tree Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 The wing stacking pads on the 3D cad are wrong, should only be one on each leading edge per side, not two. Hope the wings are correct on the moulds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19squadron Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 26 minutes ago, Palm-tree said: The wing stacking pads on the 3D cad are wrong, should only be one on each leading edge per side, not two. Hope the wings are correct on the moulds. Yes, the wing tape is wrong too - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I read on another forum that the wing pads were at different locations on early vs late Dr.1s, so one would remove the set that isn't appropriate. wunwinglow, Gazzas and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 It’s because 3 versions are in the same kit shave off the wrong ones Gazzas, LSP_K2, scvrobeson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Ignorance is bliss, don’t know what wing stacking pads are, care to share, don’t know what is wrong with the wing tapes either. esarmstrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, cbk57 said: Ignorance is bliss, don’t know what wing stacking pads are, care to share, don’t know what is wrong with the wing tapes either. I believe the stacking pads are the small “points” sticking forward from the leading edge of the wings. There should be only one set on each wing, not two. As others have said, probably designed that way (by WNW who did the design) so you can shave off the set not needed. For the rib tape, I assume the comment is that the tape on the middle wing looks like thin raised panel lines in the CAD drawing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19squadron Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 18 minutes ago, cbk57 said: Ignorance is bliss, don’t know what wing stacking pads are, care to share, don’t know what is wrong with the wing tapes either. They are protective pads that the wing rested on when the wing was dismantled and set on the ground, the pads changed positions throughout F1 /Dr1 manufacture. See Windsock Dr1 special for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 3 hours ago, PhilB said: Could see where this one was going very early on. So apparently three factories were doing the manufacture for WNW in China? Ok, so then Meng will release further ex-WNW stuff as they have some of the molds......? Then the "other" factory will release the rest of the WW1 WNW stuff under the name "Mong" models. Then finally another factory will release the Lancaster under the name "Ming" models. Meng, Ming, Mong. There - fixed it for you. Just off to open a new box of straws and do a bit of "clutchin'" ................. Actually I was thinking Takom, another high quality Chinese kit manufacturer. Dare I be the first to say it? Takom Lanc out late 2020? If they owe on the Dr.1 molds, I doubt the Lanc molds are paid off. Makes me wonder if working with WNW gave some of these manufacturers experience in quality kit making. Both Meng and Takom have rather quickly started producing very high quality AFV kits nearly out of nowhere. They have quickly surpassed Trumpeter in quality. Uncarina, Royboy, Dennis7423 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Dave Williams said: I believe the stacking pads are the small “points” sticking forward from the leading edge of the wings. There should be only one set on each wing, not two. As others have said, probably designed that way (by WNW who did the design) so you can shave off the set not needed. For the rib tape, I assume the comment is that the tape on the middle wing looks like thin raised panel lines in the CAD drawing. Thanks for the explanation, i have seen that in other WNW kits, in that they require a little mod here and there depending on version. I don’t have any references and have no access ago WWI aircraft references. I just relied on wnw’s insatructions and their photo library. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 First, IF it is found this IS the WNW triplane, it should confirm the demise of WNW if not officially stated by them first. And we will see what difference in price for same kit in different box. So far, it should be less cost if the boxart is any gauge to go by... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 minute ago, phasephantomphixer said: First, IF it is found this IS the WNW triplane, it should confirm the demise of WNW if not officially stated by them first. And we will see what difference in price for same kit in different box. So far, it should be less cost if the boxart is any gauge to go by... It is beyond any reasonable doubt at this point that this was the WNW kit and can be confirmed from multiple sources including former employees. Here is one source https://www.themodellingnews.com phasephantomphixer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basta Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I also doubt that you will get 3 A4 Cartograf sheets for it either, as WNW would have done, not to mention the instruction booklet. And yes that box art is rather unfortunate. phasephantomphixer and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Ebay should see a flurry of Roden kit listings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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