"...........and now for something completely different!"
The WNW Hannover kit is replendent with extra goodies, cameras, first aid kits, radios, ladders, tressles, a Teddy Bear, props, (albeit they are way too big for the Hannover, I have no idea what one would use those props for unless they were a "prop" for a diorama
). Maybe these are parts that were going to be put in the "Premier" editions of kits, but have found their way into the "garden variety" WNW kit.
I don't see "gloom and doom" on this forum either. I see concern, frustration, questions and lots and lots of speculation, humor, wit; but gloom and doom? Nah!
The folks at the club I belong to, the Twin Cities Aero Historians, (The premier modeling club in the greater upper midwest area) are excited about the WNW kits. Most of these folks are ardent WWII modelers, but there is much buzz about WNW kits. Some have even purchased them, some have even started them, but; to date, the only ones I have seen finished at the meetings are mine. I know that several of these good folks have also purchased decals from Rowan, again, I have yet to see one with Rowan's decals on the model. I can make the assumption that the models are being built and just not being brought to the meetings for show and tell and validation, but I won't. I suspect they are on their respective shelves of doom in the stash to be built at a time TBD by the modeler. Not building the model does not translate into lack of enthusiasm it just means they haven't built the model.
I would like to see more at the shows, I did see four last year at the show in Rochester MN, a Gotha, a NINAK, plus the two I brought for four total. I think when other non WWI modelers see these kits, be they Roden, WNW, Hobby Craft, or what have you, the interest is piqued and usually ends in up in a conversation and enthusiasm for the kit. So, I always bring a completed model to the meeting and the show, which is this Saturday 2 Feb. What am I saying? I don't know! "Deja Vu"
I agree with Rowan's last statement, once the "Will WNW release a P-40?" folks see these marvelous models, and that guys like me can build them, they will in turn run, not walk, to get theirs. The Snipe doesn't really hit my switch, but the Russian marked one hits a spot with me, and at some point, I will probably pop for one. What it really tells me is that WNW is serious about pumping these out, and that anything is possible if we just wait long enough.
Now to find a "Shrubbery"
Mark
A.K.A. Curmudgeon at large
