Pfalzfriend Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 WnW has already said they're not doing the Camel because the Hobby Craft kit isn't that bad.I have contacted the customer service at Hobbycraft who have informed me that their molds have been damaged. So their nicely reworked model is out of production . As of now there is no decent Camel in production in 1/32nd scale. Only 150 or so Sopwith Tripehounds were ever in service, and only about 320 of the Fokker DR1 Drei Dekkers ever flew, yet (probably due to Herr Rittmeister Von Richtoven) there are multiple kits of each of them. Meanwhile, eleven countries flew Camels! There were produced in exess of 14,000! They accounted for more victories than any other design for the Triple Entant during this terrible conflict. Did Charles Schultz and his cartoon Beagle diminish the Camel's reputation this much? We should to be embarrsed at this ommision. There ought to be a high quality kit of the Camel. It would be a cash cow for the manufacturer. Wtih minor variations all types could be sold, over and over. At the risk of sounding like a broken record - Can one imagine a World of WWII modeling kits minus the Spitfire, or Mustang? WNW, Special Hobby, Roden, A-Model and others have been giving us superb 1/32nd scale kits of very good quality. Yet...The Camel is sorely missing. With best regards, Pfalzfriend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfalzfriend Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 WnW has already said they're not doing the Camel because the Hobby Craft kit isn't that bad.Dear Sir, I have sent an inquirey about the lack of availabiliy of their reworked Sapowith Camel. The response was that the molds were damaged and their kit was out of production. I suggested that given the rise of the populartity of WW1avation kits in1/32nd scale having a decent Camel mold would be a cash cow. Someone can make a lot of modelers happy with an accurate Camel kit. Who'll show up? I vote for A-Model, or WNW, or Eduard WW1 in 1/32nd? How about it? With best regards, Pfalzfriend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I'd like to see more French stuff- Morane-Saulnier L Breguet 14 Salmson 2A2 Oh, and a Caudron G.3 because I have a 1:33 card kit of one that is bullying me.... All built in decent numbers, lots of international users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercur Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Halberstadt D.II inkl. Decals Jasta 1 Kurt Wintgens Jasta 1 Gustav Leffers Jasta 4 Walter Höhndorf Jasta 4 Ernst v. Althaus Jasta 5 Hans Berr Jasta 14 Rudolf Berthold Halberstadt D.III inkl. Decals Jasta 4 Ernst v. Althaus Jasta 2 Otto Bernert (2 MG Fieldmod) Halberstadt D.V inkl. Decals Jasta 4 Hans-Joachim Buddecke Jasta 5 Hans Berr OFA 6 Theo Croneis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehed Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I'm with Limeypilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I hope they'll manage to give us a few surprises late in the year, as they often do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Branch Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Hmmm - I just found this thread. With the preference for the bolded ones. I'd like a DH.5, a DH.6, a DH.9, an Avro 504K, a Bristol Boxkite, a Bristol Scout, a BE.2a, BE.2c and BE.2e, a Clerget Camel F.1, a Camel 2F.1 and maybe a Camel Comic and and a Camel 2-seater. I'll also say a Viper SE.5a because in spite of Roden doing one, WNW is better and can be cheaper than Roden here in Oz. A Handley-Page O/400 would be awesome but where the hell would you put it. I'd have to sell my granddaughter to pay for that lot (@ current prices there's probably about $A1300 or GBP750 (Before you add your other stuff)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMSLion Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 How about a 1/350 Zeppelin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 So far, they stick to 1/32. Which is fine with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) 1/32 Roland CL.II, Halbestadt CLII, and an Airco DH-9 with the Siddeley Puma engine ( as displayed at Duxford), pretty please.... I do hope they re-release their W29 Hansa-Brandenberg seaplane (special edition), as I missed that one the first time round. Some 1/32 hanger-tents would be good too, but probably pretty large in 1/32. And where on (Middle)-Earth are those figures they have been showing us on the WNW website for the last 4 years? Edited September 4, 2013 by Shakey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matave Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 My wish list: Avro 504 K and N Phönix D.II / D.III Phönix C.I Albatros B.II Nieuport 29C-1 Sopwith Dove Sopwith Gnu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMSLion Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) My wish list would be: Aircraft: Hansa-Brandenberg W.12 Sopwith Dolphin Siemens-Schukert D-IV Fokker Dr-1 (which they'll do...one day) Sopwith Camel (in the pipeline) A DH-5 would not come amiss Now, if I were running WNW...I'd go for 1/350 dreadnoughts. There are two kits of HMS Dreadnought herself, one of a Koenig-class BB...which leaves all the battlecruisers and most of the battleships. Then do an R-class Zeppelin. Edited September 12, 2013 by HMSLion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B. Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Sopwith Camel for sure, especially the naval version. Hanriot HD1 is an elegant craft. How about pre WW1, such as a Bleriot monoplane that flew the English Channel. Is WingNuts dedicated to WW1 craft? There are many civil aircraft such as Ryan's, Bellancas, DeHavillands etc from the 1920's and 30's. Bush planes, flying boats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMSLion Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 They have pretty well carved out World War I as a niche market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 They just forgot to produce some French aircraft. But they played such a small part in this World War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dal Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 G'day, Antoine. They've got a Salmson 2-A2 on the way (http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/7BD54DF119CB75CCE7F03B03CF029C96). With Roden, AModel, and Hobbycraft/Academy covering the majority of the SPAD and Nieuport fighters, and SH covering the Morane-Saulnier N, that leaves the HD.1 as the remaining, reasonably-well-known French fighter. They'll probably have to look at mainly doing 2-seaters for the French. If that means they've got a Breguet 14, SPAD 11 or A.R.2 on the drawing board, I'll wait . Cheers. Dal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Nieuports 11 & 17 as well as SPAD VII and XIII would be most welcome. Those covered by Academy in 1/32 are a bit basic by todays standards and the Roden kits are hard to build with really awful decals and virtually no aftermarket ones to correct them. Oh.....and a Sopwith Camel! Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 They just forgot to produce some French aircraft. But they played such a small part in this World War. Considering the potential market they've also forgotten the real small time player in the war, the Americans I'm surprised no one has suggested the Curtis J1 Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Teunissen Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Nieuports 11 & 17 as well as SPAD VII and XIII would be most welcome. Those covered by Academy in 1/32 are a bit basic by todays standards and the Roden kits are hard to build with really awful decals and virtually no aftermarket ones to correct them. Oh.....and a Sopwith Camel! Gary I think Roden kits are pretty good. They need a bit more attention / modelling skills then WNW but can be put into very very good models. Cheers, Nico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planesy Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 How about taken it to the next stage? keeping to the magnificent exacting standard of the models how about the 1930's? Hawker Hind, Demon, Fury, Tomtit. Bristol Bulldog, Gloster Gladiator........gorgeous aircraft being done justice for the first time by a real quality manufacturer. Dont it make you wanna drool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The original Kit Builder Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Most of what they've already released, but in 1/48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I would really like to see a Vickers FB 5, the worlds first purpose built fighter. 1/32 would suit that down to the ground. How about it Wingnuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I thought about building a diorama with WNW aircraft escorting a zepplin, all french battlefields below...ect. But at 1/32 scale the zepplin would be over 17 feet long (5.3 meters ?) I need to build a new house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 How about an Etrich Taube? A very graceful recon aircraft, and all that rigging too! That would do me fine I must say. All the best, Ray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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