1/32 Fokker Dr.I from Meng

[Dave Williams]

Based on a recent purchase from Hobbyeasy, EMS or air mail from China to the US is a no-go.  It’s either surface mail or expensive courier (DHL, FedEx, etc.) service.  The delivery estimates on those Ebay listings are September - November.

[LSP_K2]

Yea, I'll just wait until they're available here in the States; no rush.

[Darren Howie]

The cheapest option from a reliable source is Luckymodel if your happy with surface shipping.

15% off and combined with $8 for shipping 4 kits meant an average price of $36 each.

if you find it that cheap shipped anywhere let me know!

 

[LSP_Ray]

If needed, Aviattic has a nice one:

[Gazzas]

3 hours ago, LSP_Ray said:

If needed, Aviattic has a nice one:

 

Hopefully not needed.  I like it when the only AM I feel the need to buy is either decals, or masks made by me.

[RLWP]

13 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:

 

Yes, I did indeed misunderstand you. If they're there at all, and more or less to scale, they'd be very difficult to see in the available photos of the kit.

 

And likely to disappear into the primer

 

Richard

[DAK66]

The Aviattic Cowl is nice. If its needed will it fit?

 

[RLWP]

59 minutes ago, DAK66 said:

The Aviattic Cowl is nice. If its needed will it fit?

 

 

As yet, nobody knows

 

Until someone has a Meng kit and am Aviattic cowl on the same bench, there is no information - we're waiting for the Meng kits to ship*

 

Richard

 

*with a lot of anticipation!

[LSP_K2]

8 hours ago, Gazzas said:

Hopefully not needed.  I like it when the only AM I feel the need to buy is either decals, or masks made by me.

 

And Master Spandau MGs.

[LSP_K2]

12 hours ago, LSP_Ray said:

If needed, Aviattic has a nice one:

 

I had no idea this even existed. It looks great though that's for sure.

[DAK66]

This is a little off Topic for this thread but do you guys think Meng did all the tooling and molding of all the WNW  KIts?

[Iain]

No, they didn't Doug.

 

I think it was mentioned earlier in the thread, if not, it has been covered elsewhere...

 

Iain

[Radub]

8 minutes ago, DAK66 said:

This is a little off Topic for this thread but do you guys think Meng did all the tooling and molding of all the WNW  KIts?

 

No.

Meng does not "do" tooling for anyone. Meng's "parent company" is a large conglomerate that produces a wide variety of products. The "parent company" is involved in making moulds for a lot of companies. That is the "connection". Once the tooling is completed, paid for and shipped it becomes the property of the customer. 

Previous WNW kits were tooled in China and Korea and they were the property of WNW when they left the tool shop. 

Radu

[oyoy5]

So will they all become property on Meng at some point?

[Gazzas]

2 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:

 

And Master Spandau MGs.

 

The PE parts that come with the kit are pretty adequate.  You just have to roll the jacket yourself.  Unfortunately...  they all mostly disappear under the upper wing.