Despite my urge to be original, I'd have to endorse Charles' recommendation
of the Roland. The kit is basically accurate, the detail is reasonable,
the fit is good and the rigging is simple. It's a great kit, especially
for the price.
Other "pretty good" WW1 1/72 kits are the Revell Fokker D.VII (overly thick
struts and surface detailing but otherwise not bad), the Revell Sopwith
Tripe (thick struts, crude guns and other detail parts, but generally OK),
the Revell Dr.I (excellent if you can ignore the assymetrical ailerons -
a struggle if you can't), the Airfix Sopwith Pup (a wonderful kit but the
rigging is a little complex and difficult - not Airfix's fault, Sopwith's!)
and the Airfix Hannover CL IIIa (basically accurate, good fit, but extensive
rigging required and the paint schemes tend to be overly complex.)
And, value your wife most highly! If she approves, she is that proverbial
'1 in 1,000'!
Cheers, Bill
-- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@ednet1.osl.or.gov - aw177@FreeNet.Carleton.ca "It's useless to fight the forms. You've got to kill the people producing them." Vladimir Kabaidze