Meng announces a 1/32 scale Fokker DR.1

[Bill_S]

Gret news, Dave! Thanks for posting.

[RAGIII]

I am out of the loop for one Day and this happened! I am hoping that this will be a good thing 😎
RAGIII

[Europapete]

It's all my fault. Sorry chaps. I  just finished modifying two Roden kits parts and aquiring all the aftermarket for them.  Rich, stay online please, it's too dangerous for my wallet when you drop out. Regards, Pete in RI.

[lcarroll]

Pete,
    But look on the good side, the Roden ones are still a pretty nice Kit, and no doubt less hurtful to the Bank Account! Also, now you get to have several Tripes in the cabinet!
Cheers,
Lance

[petrov27]

Also it's worth noting Meng are saying their kit will include three options in the box - the Fokker F.1, Dr.1 Early and Dr.1 Late.

This is a really nice feature - I really like having a single boxing that covers the slight variants.

[fruibal]

Terrific news, now we have another contender entering the WW1 aircraft ring, this is gonna be interesting!!

[Monty]

Lovely! Come to Daddy.... Sounds like my predictions regarding joint production on another thread was right... Just so surprised (and delighted) that it came so soon... These are the Golden Years of modelling! Regards, Marc.

[Chuckt5]

Fantastic news! Here’s hoping the quality of the kit is right up there.

[Vickers]

P.S. Possibly a spare cowling to upgrade that old Roden Dr.I in the stash?

If Meng is including options for all three versions in one kit, then there should be at least one each of the Fi and Dr.1 style cowlings in the box. Whether or not they'll fit on the business end of the Roden fuselage is a different issue.

[Borsos]

Having build their Renault FT-17 and their Whippet, I can say Meng produces some fantastic kits which are of the highest quality. So I am keen on seeing that Triplane released, keeping my fingers crossed that it won’t be the last WWI release from Meng and that the tripe will be released at all. They once announced a great looking Ford-T British ambulance (British, so completely different from the ICM kits) and they sadly never released this.

Andreas

[Mike Norris]

Don't forget 'Aviattic' have a replacement cowl, rudder and PE for the existing kits,

Mike

[Ringleheim]

Well this is surprising and very welcome news.

I'm going to assume this kit is the WNW project.  It almost has to be.  And if that is true, it begs the question of what other WNW projects we might see from other companies, or maybe even Meng exclusively. 

As an armor modeler, I can tell everyone here Meng is a very good model company who makes nice kits. 

Even if this is somehow not their own effort (I find that hard to believe) that would be equally good news.

A new kit from Meng concerning just about any subject matter is cause for enthusiastic interest.

Meng's M2 Bradley IFV is honestly one of the best kits I've ever made.  Great detail, great fit, it fell together.  Basically Tamiya but with much better detailing.

[Ringleheim]

EDIT:  Taken from Meng's Facebook page regarding the announcement of the Dreidecker Eins:

"We know that you have been waiting for a carefully studied large scale Fokker Dr.I model kit with precise details for a long time."

That's their nod to the WNW project IMO, combined with a little wink.

Stated as "Coming soon."

Can't wait!

[RichieW]

Great news, very intriguing too. I will be one the many buying one of these.

I can't help but wonder if Meng will be releasing a 1/32 Lancaster soon too. 

[Ringleheim]

Now I'm digging out my MVR Albatros D.V kit and having a look at the DR.I decals they included with that.

Will they work with the Meng release? 

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