Not a rant at all ALBATROS1234! Just an expression of views, some, but not all of which I would share.
I'm happy to accept whatever comes from the folk at WnW, because I trust them and recognise their passion for the period. That said, for reasons which I can't easily rationalise, an Avro 504k would hold no interest for me. One of my votes went for a BE 2, which was clearly a choice of many. The other went to the Nieuport XI, because while there is a Special Hobby version, I want to see what a state of the art model of this beauty would bring.
I share your frustration at yet another Fw 190 etc, but understand the views of those who love them, and the manufacturers, as new modelling technologies and scales beckon. But it can go too far. It's a story I've used before but I get the feeling that if an historian discovered a beer mat in an archive somewhere which showed a pencil scribble of a Tiger tank with an en-suite shower and toilet, then within weeks we'd be seeing a model released, soon to be followed by etched metal offering a choice of western and eastern front toilet paper!
On other things, when at Telford I saw a small stand which showed some early production bits from a 1/48 resin Taube. It looked very nice, but sounded like it could be very expensive. I took the business card of the guy, who is based somewhere in Europe , but have since lost it. Did anyone else see this, or can someone throw light on it?
Best wishes
Nigel