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Offline Ian from Doncaster

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #90 on: January 31, 2013, 11:27:25 PM »


Strolls away whistling "always look on the bright side of life"........."
 Just to lighten things up a bit, Rowan do I see another Monty Python fan in the crowd?
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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #91 on: February 01, 2013, 12:04:36 AM »
I think it is rather obvious WNW see the Fokker DVII as their money-making-kits. At least that would explain why those kits kost USD79, but even the new Snipe is sold for the "old" price (USD69), despite their recent "we have to raise our prices" campaign.


I think you will find the  Fokker D7s have a lot more stuff in the box than the typical WNW single seater. More plastic (thick wings in two pieces etc) and then there are all those decals. The box feels about as heavy as the Rumpler. If you compare with the contents the Snipe kit (see online instruction sheet) the difference is pretty striking. So I think the price is justified.

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #92 on: February 01, 2013, 12:28:51 AM »
I agree Bo.

The box for the Late Fee, with the spare decals and used sprues AFTER I had finished building the model, was heavier than the new unopened Tripe!

Offline mgunns

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #93 on: February 01, 2013, 05:07:00 AM »
"...........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.
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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #94 on: February 01, 2013, 05:16:16 AM »
Ni! Ni!   ;D

. . . the infection is spreading!

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #95 on: February 01, 2013, 05:57:31 AM »

I suppose that we will see two new kits before April,1
Then they will announce the next group at the  Model show in NZ

So plenty of space for spurious announcements on April, 1

what about showing the box of the forthcoming 1:32 zeppelin Staaken on this site?    8)

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #96 on: February 01, 2013, 09:36:58 AM »
For all we know, it's a massive tax dodge . . . and its success is a complete embarrassment! (Joke)

All joking aside, you make a very good point here Rowan. It's not outside the realm of possibility that it was created as a result of investment and tax implications. The joke would really be on us if its runaway success actually led to its downfall.

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #97 on: February 01, 2013, 07:42:49 PM »
No more talk please of tax dodging, tax evasion, tax write offs, the way Peter Jackson runs his business, TVAL and Wingnuts is his business and his alone, please get this topic back on track.  Thanks guys.

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #98 on: February 01, 2013, 08:03:56 PM »
Peter Jackson said, in a Windsock Magazine interview in Oct 2009 : "We are not driven by market forces, we just want to make kits that we enjoy building".

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #99 on: February 01, 2013, 08:08:00 PM »
Peter Jackson said, in a Windsock Magazine interview in Oct 2009 : "We are not driven by market forces, we just want to make kits that we enjoy building".

...and I'm with him all the way.

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Offline mgunns

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #100 on: February 02, 2013, 02:05:06 AM »
Peter Jackson said, in a Windsock Magazine interview in Oct 2009 : "We are not driven by market forces, we just want to make kits that we enjoy building".

...and I'm with him all the way.

Von JackoFan!
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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #101 on: February 02, 2013, 03:01:14 AM »
Peter Jackson said, in a Windsock Magazine interview in Oct 2009 : "We are not driven by market forces, we just want to make kits that we enjoy building".

Word of the Lord (of the Rings...  ;D).
Jose Chaica, from Portugal.

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #102 on: February 03, 2013, 10:15:40 AM »
I really like Peter Jacksons philosophy - we just want to make kits that we enjoy building - and with what they have produced to date I know I have certainly enjoyed building them, bring them on Sir Peter, the more the better.

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Re: Wingnuts releases for 2013 ??
« Reply #103 on: February 04, 2013, 03:29:50 AM »
I agree with JastaB we need a WnW Halberstadt Cl.II! More ground attack subjects please.
Steve