Just a slight drift...
To what extent would a WNW Dr-I be better than the Roden kit? Obviously the decals, and I'm sure some of the components would be engineered differently.
Hmm. I agree the Roden is not bad. I would hope that WNW version would have:
-better horizontal tailplane without the strange middle section that the Roden has
-rib tape detail
-better cowling with improved lower lip, retaining strap etc
-probably some improvements on the interior bits - the seat, ammo bins, gun feed chutes, etc
-I thought I heard or read somewhere the Roden wings were just a bit over-long? Like one rib bay too many? However they look good to me as is so maybe that is untrue...
-maybe easier to build? But maybe not? I would personally say the Roden is an easy to build kit
-overall fidelity of the plastic parts - sharper details etc
A fair amount of aftermarket from Aviattic and others already improve the Roden kit to a very nice standard. So overall, I have been one of those not really pushing for WNW to do the DrI, but certainly I am sure they would do a very nice kit of it and I would get one