Sir Peter and Associates have their own agenda (where would a Roland Walfisch have ranked on ANY modeler's Wish List??) which is (with minor exception) immutable and known only to them.. . I get a real yuk from those who seem to expect that WnW must per force move to "Golden Age"aircraft once they're done with WWI (FTFO!)
As it so happened, the Roland Walfisch was at the top of my WNW wish list for years so I for one was quite delighted when it was announced. An example of both versions now rest comfortably in my WNW stash.
Eric
Yes I've got 3 kits of the Walfish, one to convert to the prototype, one for the early linen coloured version & one for the early pale blue version.
Errr..... then there's a kit of the late version - make that 4 then
Regards
Russell
I too have a Walfish, and I recently finished it. I will say that I would have never purchased a "unique" kit on my own. But it came from back in the day, when WNW was lower priced, the Canadian dollar was at par, and the shipping was free. My wife would go on-line 3 times a year, my birthday, Christmas, and Father's Day, and order me a kit. She would check my WNW stash and order me something I didn't have, so that I how I ended up with my "odd-ball" kits, because these are kits I would never buy.
Now that times have changed for the worst with WNW in Canada, she doesn't order me kits anymore, and my supply of "odd-balls" have dried up. So now I am only ordering the kits I really want, which are single seat fighters, as it is a major expense and inconvenience to get WNW kits. So my personal tastes are unlikely to reshape WNW product releases, but bring on the DR. 1, Nieuports, and albs.
I've already purchased all my Camels from lots of models, and have them shipped to USA based postal handling company, and then I drive over the boarder and pick them up myself. Lucky to live near a boarder crossing, but the current exchange rate makes this a less an expensive option too. While most of these factors are well out of hands of WNW, it will affect their bottom line to a small degree because I am now way more selective about the kits I'll buy.