[WWI] What happened to 1/72 plastic?

[Crawford Neil]

Hi Öcsi, Nice to hear from you, and I saw Hans Trauners 
name in there, another old friend from the list.
/Neil 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org 
> [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of Wolfram Oettel
> Sent: den 31 januari 2010 21:00
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [WWI] What happened to 1/72 plastic?
> 
> Anyway, a short answer
> 
> http://www.modellboard.net/index.php?topic=29903.0
> or
> http://www.modellboard.net/index.php?topic=30414.0
> or
> http://www.modellboard.net/index.php?topic=17311.0
> 
> These are my ongoing projects and all in 1/72.
> 
> Regards
> Öcsi
> 
> 
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:13:02 -0800 (PST)
> > Von: michael wuyek <mawuyek at yahoo.com>
> > An: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> > Betreff: [WWI] What happened to 1/72 plastic?
> 
> > 
> > I'n in the middle of the snow storm on the east coast 
> (Maryland, to be
> > exact) today, and decided to write something on my mind lately.
> >  
> >   Is injection moulded 1/72 WWI aircraft production dead, 
> or in a coma??
> > We talked about a "golden age" of WWI aircraft models, but 
> now the shift
> > seems to be 1/48 and 1/32..
> >   My guess is they make more money on the bigger kits. So 
> why doesn't
> > Roden produce more bombers in 1/72? Who knows? They won't 
> respond to begging
> > and pleading. Eduard also seems stuck. We have Encore 
> reissues which are
> > better than nothing, I suppose.
> > And what of MPM, ICM, Marquette, MAC and A Model? Produced 
> one or two or
> > more kits and then gave up. You might as well take their 
> links off the list,
> > I don't think most of them are in production.
> >   I love the selection and detail of the resin kits, but 
> for the price of
> > a resin kit, I can build 4-5 scratch built kits. I wish 
> Vacuforms would
> > come back or get reissued.
> >   On the other hand, this gives me some breathing room. I
> > can concentrate on the kits stashed in my collection, which 
> I've started.
> >  One other point. My daughter already told me I better find 
> a place for
> > my collection because she isn't taking it. My son said he 
> would, but I
> > decided I'm going to build the Zepplin Staaken and give it 
> specifically to her
> > in my will.  That'll teach her!!
> >  So this weather is a good excuse to catch up on some 
> models, so no one
> > should answer me, but be working on their kits. I hope 
> that's why the list
> > is quiet. Now if you all will excuse me, I'm going to watch 
> the snow and
> > work on some models.
> >  
> > Mike
> >  www.wykart.com
> > http://www.artscuttlebutt.com/Michael_Andrew_Wuyek 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> >       
> 
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