[WWI] 1/144 scale WWI aircraft

[knuterha at eunet.no]

Hei,

I have a couple of SRAMs including the Sopwith Baby and BE2e.
The masters are decent and the casting reasonable, the problem is that a
small air bubble that would not be much of a problem in an 1:72 or 1:48
kit can take out a sizeable part of the wing or other important detail.

WW1 kits are simply so small that imprefections in 1:144 are so much more
of a problem to deal with than in larger scales.
Also engines and other detail parts suffers from castings not 100% sharp
and it is a lack of donor kits for guns, wheels and rotaries.

Try one or two SRAM kits first - not even the Czech shops have the full
range in stock and have to get them from the producer.


  Eders
Knut Erik


> Thanks guys, for all the responses.
> I am a little confused, are the Sram kits any good, what other options are
> there?
> Does anyone know anything about the Revell DR.I miniplane kit, is it any
> good and is it still available?
> Are there any good 1/144 Fokker decals available?
> That's it, I used up my three questions!
> TNA,
> Ed
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ed Ingersoll
>   To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
>   Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:45 PM
>   Subject: [WWI] 1/144 scale WWI aircraft
>
>
>   Does anyone make a true model kit of any WWI fighters?
>   I see a lot of pre-painted gaming models but I can't find a true kit.
>   I also want know if anyone makes decals for 1/144 WWI fighter aircraft.
>   If there is some, where can I purchase them?
>   TNA,
>   Ed