I don't think anyone is knocking the Roden stuff, it's just the bar has been raised. I do have the Eocore (Roden) Fokker and a few SPAD's, and I would build any of them, but when I have a stash of awesome WNW kits, I keep the Roden stuff on the back burner for now. Now if I had an absolute chub to build a SPAD or the Triplane, I would do so, but at this point I feel like I have enough good quality WNW kits to keep me busy until maybe WNW does indeed release a F.1/Dr.1.....As I said it's no knock on Roden, they have been in this market for a long time. Now there is a new(ish) game in town. I'm willing to bet we will see other companies start doing WWI. The 35th scale armor has seen a bunch of WWI tanks released lately with a bunch more on the way. I believe WNW is responsible for that as well. No one had made any WWI tanks before this. There were a few turds, but they weren't worth building, unless you just had to build one. Now a bunch of up and coming companies such as Takom and Meng even Tamiya have jumped in and made really nice WWI tank kits. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if you saw someone like Takom or Meng, even Trumpeter get in the 1/32nd WWI aircraft arena. They will no doubt raise the bar again, maybe not higher than WNW but they will be good solid kits. Roden will have to step up to modern day standards....it's just how it is......
Look at Tamiya, they invented the 1/35th space, they made a bunch of groundbreaking kits in the 70's and 80's. Then in the early 90's Dragon started making kits. Dragon exposed Tamiya's shortcomings and started making better more accurate kits. Then Trumpeter came along and started making tons of nice kits, (yes some were better than others.) Tamiya could have sat back and said "hey we created this space" and rest on their laurels, but instead they bucked up and started making great stuff, they raised their own level. Dragon then followed suit again, making even more phenomenal kits. I feel that the tank guys might be the pickiest bunch of modelers in the world. If it's not 100% accurate it is ripped, they demand excellence and the manufacturers deliver it to them. I don't know if WWI is a big enough genre right now, but it seems it's ranks are growing every day. If marketing people notice this, you will see more from others, no doubt.....