[WWI] Drat and Double Drat

[Andy Bannister]

I agree with most of that Chris. The Wingnut kits do look fantastic and of course it's always great when new OT kits come out and WWI is brought into the limelight, even if it's only temporarily. I may even splurge on one or two of their kits sometime if I'm feeling flush (unlikely!). But I will be sticking with 1/72 scale generally.

It is a shame however that rather than looking at them as a great addition to the available 1/32nd kits it seems that, in some circles, it's being used as an opportunity to bash Roden. How soon they forget how much Roden has done for WWI aviation modelling in the past however-many-years and that it's very likely Wingnuts wouldn't have taken a chance on 1/32nd OT kits if Roden hadn't championed them.

As for price, well I've given up paying much attention to it or trying to make sense of today's prices. Based on AZ's previous 1/72 kits those new parasols are likely to be in the 15 quid range (their Breguets were 20 quid in fact). So 79usd (about 55 pounds) for a large high quality 1/32nd kit doesn't seem terribly disproportionate to me. 

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Andy

Choreographer, writer, producer, teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk
---- Helen and Chris <2kermavio at orange.fr> wrote: 
> Seems to me that a lot of people have got all flustered and unneccessary and are wafting around like a bunch of maiden aunts with a touch of the vapours!
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> I've looked at the photies too and, yes, Wingnuts have upped the anti on quality and refinement.  But, as a competitive company in a niche market, they have to do that to survive.  Otherwise, in a different marketplace, we'd all still be driving around in Model T's!
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> And, already, a comment has been made somewhere in this (these?) thread(s) that Roden, with a little effort, could be on a par.  Already there is a slight tarnish on the gloss.
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> My take on Wingnuts is this - yeah, the quality and detail has moved up to a new level.  But it's still not, at 1/32, as good as 1/1.  Unlikely it ever will be.  So there is still an element of compromise on accuracy.
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> The smaller the scale, the greater the degree of compromise.  And the more work to try and compensate.  If you want a manufacturer to do a lot of the hard work (and there is no shame in that) for you, go for the bigger stuff.
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> But my real problem with the bigger scales is at more of a practical level.  Like, where are you going to put them all?  Do you do your meticulous research, carefully paint and lovingly assemble your kit only to display it on the inside of a cardboard box artistically arranged in the attic?
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> And the cost!!  Paul, by way of an example, has ended up forking out the thick end of 100 Euros for one kit!
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> Eric's gentle pointer to some smashing stuff coming out soon in 1/72 is, to me, a call to get things back into perspective.  And I look forward to picking up some 1/72 bargains on e-Bay as the Wingnut fans unload their stashes to finance their new addiction.
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> I'm looking forward to reading other opinions.
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> Chris.