[WWI] What happened to 1/72 plastic?

[Stephen Campton-Jones]

Hi Everybody
I'm new here, just joined last night.
I only found this place because I went out into the shed in the dark,
opened up a trunk that hasn't seen the light of day in ten years and
grabbed a Formaplane Lohner L.  I then went looking for info on this
plane, I am going put it back and grab an easier kit. There is about 80
kits in this trunk, plenty to choose from and mostly vacforms.
I try to get back into modelling every year at Christmas time with the
purchase of a kit that I start and then loose interest, maybe not this
year.
I also go Squadron Signal and drool over the kits they sell.  I have
noticed a drop in WW1 kits as well.
In my display cabinet that has become a dumping ground for all matter of
stuff I have a Bristol M1C and a Hansa Brandenburg W20 (started more
than 20 years ago) vacforms that I have got stuck on. I going to buy new
ones and hopefully I will finish them all.
My 2 cents worth
Stephen Campton-Jones 
I live in northern NSW Australia



On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 09:13 -0800, michael wuyek wrote:
> 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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