Anthony in NZ Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 3 hours ago, RadBaron said: A 504k sounds fun! Yep, I will buy a few...well probably 2 Iain, RadBaron and Dave Wilson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 18 hours ago, Gazzas said: CSM slept soundly through the "We want Dr.I" years. Some people just don't perceive the obvious. The Nieuport was definitely high on everyone's "must produce" list, so they definitely listened to the crowd. Especially being such a popular aircraft during and after the war. Matt esarmstrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: The Nieuport was definitely high on everyone's "must produce" list, so they definitely listened to the crowd. Especially being such a popular aircraft during and after the war. Matt It obviously wasn't high enough on the list as they had to build and wait on the sales of armored cars to finance their next WWI aircraft. As many people bleated and tweated they wanted Nieuports, they obviously didn't buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 39 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: Nieuports and Spads seem like utter no-brainers for any manufacturer of 1/32 kits. I will never understand the WnW thought process doing kits of things of which there was a tiny handful built, which had zero historical impact on the war, while blatantly ignoring things like the Spads and Nieuports. I can picture it... Somewhere deep in Middle Earth... Sir Peter: “You know Richard, what our product line is really lacking...” Richard: “...is a Dr.I? Yep, right on i.... Sir Peter: “A Gotha UWG!” Richard: “.........” Gazzas, MikeC, thierry laurent and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradleygolding Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Wanting a certain model from a manufacturer is great, bit not buying it when it is produced however, produces one or two issues for said manufacturer, like wages, and that pesky notion of profit. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 A SPAD Xlll with an engine would be great since a lot of SPADs had the side louvers removed and replaced with screens. I never could figure out why no one wants multiplace airplanes. That was what I found refreshing about WnWs. AlbertD and rhwinter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Nieuports and Spads seem like utter no-brainers for any manufacturer of 1/32 kits. I will never understand the WnW thought process doing kits of things of which there was a tiny handful built, which had zero historical impact on the war, while blatantly ignoring things like the Spads and Nieuports. It would seem that Sir Richard didn’t think that the French were even in the War. He only produced the one French plane that was heavily used by the US in 1918, even if he did make a Salmson in French markings. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 So not a huge difference between a XIII and a VII ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pup7309 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Fred Jack said: It would seem that Sir Richard didn’t think that the French were even in the War. He only produced the one French plane that was heavily used by the US in 1918, even if he did make a Salmson in French markings. Apparently one of their upcoming kits was a Hanriot HD1 though. But someone else will have to do it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basta Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, MikeMaben said: So not a huge difference between a XIII and a VII ? The XIII used the same basic airframe but larger and strengthened, and got a much more powerful HS geared engine, 2 Vickers MGs instead of one for the VII, and larger fuel tanks, all in all making it a beast for its day. Edited August 5, 2020 by Basta Typo MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Pup7309 said: Apparently one of their upcoming kits was a Hanriot HD1 though. But someone else will have to do it now. Built by the French, but chiefly used by the Italians and Belgium as an export product. Sure would have been something to have seen this little aircraft with the WNW treatment. Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 12 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: I have no idea what that paragraph means. I believe it is a reference to reports that CSM didn't sell their Nieuports like they had hoped that they would. Seems a little odd to me that this happened. Maybe there were several that were just waiting for WNW to do it and refused to buy the CSM Nieuports. I never understood that because to my eye those CSM Nieuports are every bit as good, or dare I say, better in some ways than comparable WNW kits. Well, they can go ahead and buy them now if that was holding them back. edfifer, Alburymodeler, Rick Griewski and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Too bad for the Hanriot as this was one WW1 plane I've been waiting for ages... rhwinter, esarmstrong and Pup7309 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 The Nieuports by CSM are really fine kits. The instructions make you think you are seeing WNW's level of documentation. I think WMW raised the bar for many instruction sets. I picked up all of them and highly recommend them. Tnarg scvrobeson, esarmstrong, Basta and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 7:07 AM, esarmstrong said: I believe it is a reference to reports that CSM didn't sell their Nieuports like they had hoped that they would. Seems a little odd to me that this happened. Maybe there were several that were just waiting for WNW to do it and refused to buy the CSM Nieuports. I never understood that because to my eye those CSM Nieuports are every bit as good, or dare I say, better in some ways than comparable WNW kits. Well, they can go ahead and buy them now if that was holding them back. I do have 4, but they were hard to order. I think when people realize how good they are, maybe business will pick up. I do have lots of Roden Nieuports and a bunch of Hobbycraft Nie 17s. The interiors aren’t all that detailed, but you really can’t see all that much anyway. Except the observer/bomber crew areas which have large open areas, you don’t need to have all that detail anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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