Thanks Nigel, Patrick and Ernie:
I know that Monogram got the Camel, DVII, and the SE5, which have seen several re-releases both as Monogram and Revell of Germany. Glencoe got the Albatros, which I think they cobbled up to make their Albatros revisions. They also got the Nie. 28, the Pfalz DIII and the SPAD XIII. They advertised in their directions the release of the DH4 and I think either the Breguet XIIII or the Halberstadt. Not sure on that one. Then there is the European company, I can't think of their name now, that copied the Aurora molds and released some of their kits as well, the Nie. II, Albatros, Camel, DVII, and a DH2 that was some other kit and some others. It would be neat to see these again in 2014. Hopefully some far thinking exec at the companies will see the value in releasing these again. Yes, they are crude by todays standards but, fun to build just as they are. The rumor is that when Aurora sold the molds, they went by train from the New York plant to Monogram in Illinois during which time there was a derailment and some of the molds were ruined beyond repair. I remember in about '77 or so seeing the Monogram releases of the kits wondering why they released them when Aurora had just done so. Aurora re-did some of the molds for their '77 releases for ease of assembly. Then there were the K&B releases. Sadly some of their later releases, which weren't bad, were the ones that were destroyed. Painting the lozenge wasn't so bad. It was just getting the right paints and the tedium of tracing the patterns using carbon paper. Try to find carbon paper now days!
Fun stuff.
Best
Mark