misha71 502 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 3 minutes ago, Archimedes said: What he said sure i'm not alone here Link to post Share on other sites
ssculptor 4,162 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 If we spent as much time building kits from our stash as we do blowing hot air about what may or may not happen or why what is happening is happening we would get a lot more models built. MikeC, Babelfish Steve, Rockie Yarwood and 9 others 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Mike 5,457 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Got sidewalk to shovel there yankee? A wee bit of discussion on the best model kits ever made, and that includes the ones whittled by hand, at night, during thunderstorms, to help defeat the Spanish. spacewolf, Rockie Yarwood, Derek B and 1 other 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Archimedes 210 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 11 minutes ago, misha71 said: sure i'm not alone here You are really not! It is good to see that WNW will be doing something at the airshow and may also sell some kits further afield. If more are available of their previous line-up then I'll be buying an AMC DH.9a and a Roland DVIb. Should the Lancaster and the Bloody Paralyser appear I'll be very happy to buy those also. monthebiff 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Radub 4,440 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I am hoping for the Lancaster, especially the cockpit sections. As for the old kits, I would like a Fokker D.VII OAW, which is the only one I don't have. Radu scvrobeson, misha71, monthebiff and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
esarmstrong 482 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) The Lancaster sure did look like it had a lot of work still to do on it when I saw it in Chattanooga back in 2019. They were still trying to get the oil-can effect just right on it and there were no panel lines or rivets on the surface, yet. As for the "Bloody Paralyzer", it looked like it was on the verge of being ready for release. It would be nice to see these some day get released. Edited February 23 by esarmstrong Archimedes, europapete, alanash1963 and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 36,358 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Didnt Mike build and O/400 on LSP some while back? Not sure he finished it though.......... Pup7309 and esarmstrong 2 Link to post Share on other sites
monthebiff 7,038 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 25 minutes ago, esarmstrong said: The Lancaster sure did look like it had a lot of work still to do on it when I saw it in Chattanooga back in 2019. They were still trying to get the oil-can effect just right on it and there were no panel lines or rivets on the surface, yet. As for the "Bloody Paralyzer", it looked like it was on the verge of being ready for release. I would be nice to see these some day get released. Saw the Lanc at Telford at the end of 19 and it was looking pretty close. The lovely big box on display of the 0/100 and sprues looked very nice indeed. I so hope we get to see these in the hopefully not to distant future! Regards. Andy MikeC, Pup7309, Rockie Yarwood and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
VMA131Marine 141 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 9 hours ago, Radub said: 1/32 Revell Hien, Raiden and George are "rare". The Otaki 1/144 C-5A Galaxy and L-1011 kits along with the Revell Atomic Power Plant model surely also qualify. Original FROG Penguins are also pretty rare. scvrobeson 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VMA131Marine 141 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 6 hours ago, DonH said: Airfix does much the same thing with their Vintage Classics releases. Money for old rope/plastic. Airfix does have their own in-house design team for their kits. Although, the upcoming 1/35 Cromwells are being designed and tooled by Academy. Link to post Share on other sites
VMA131Marine 141 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 4 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Indeed. The only thing we know for sure is that WnW is in fact still around in some capacity, at least in the capacity to appear at a NZ air show and sell some kits. And they also suggested that they would be reopening to overseas sales esarmstrong and Pup7309 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VMA131Marine 141 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 4 hours ago, cbk57 said: I would think that there is a bit of a use it or loose it aspect, as if you let this stuff all go into disuse, As long as the molds are stored properly, this is not really true. Atlantis Models in the US are re-releasing classic kits from tooling that hasn’t seen the light of day in 40, 50, or even 60 years or more. Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiZac 285 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 4 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: However, I truly hope someone at the NZ show gets some definitive answers one way or another. I'm not sure I made it clear but I'll beat the show on Saturday, eager to chat with the WNW stall attendants and photograph what's there. I'll be making a point to post about it and the relevant photos here and at other forums before the actual airshow photos. RLWP, scvrobeson, Archimedes and 15 others 8 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Confusionreigns178 229 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 33 minutes ago, KiwiZac said: I'll be making a point to post about it and the relevant photos here and at other forums before the actual airshow photos. Thanks, Zac. I'm sure a lot of folks on here will be very interested to see the WNW stall. There is so much contradictory information floating around about the company right now, a little clarity is long overdue. Chris. KiwiZac, LSP_K2 and europapete 3 Link to post Share on other sites
oyoy5 266 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Man wouldn’t it be great if they had a surprise 1/24 Fokker D.VII that they released there. Hey a guy can dream right. monthebiff, KiwiZac and spacewolf 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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