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Offline Softscience

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2460 on: February 16, 2018, 05:41:09 AM »
Nice dream Bob, but then only the wealthiest among us can afford it.  >:(

Better if they'd just stick to releasing individual kits.

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2461 on: February 16, 2018, 06:19:58 AM »
Some dreams are better when they end...........and become reality.

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Offline Doug Mace

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2462 on: February 16, 2018, 08:40:29 AM »
Didn't Buckminster Fuller say that?
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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2463 on: February 16, 2018, 09:24:35 AM »
Didn't Buckminster Fuller say that?

I borrowed the lyrics from "The Greatest Bastard" by Damien Rice.

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Offline rayb24

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2464 on: February 16, 2018, 01:03:01 PM »
Gotha and comic Camel please
I’ll start saving now
Ray

Offline Jeff K

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2465 on: February 16, 2018, 01:49:28 PM »
SE.5a + DR.1 Duelist makes sense to me. Both being involved in one of the greatest aerial dogfights of any war.

Make it happen, Sir Peter! You know it makes sense  ;D

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The last flight of Werner Voss.  I have it hanging on my wall in lithograph form.  Would it not make for a great triple release with a Fokker F.1 and two (2) Se.5a's featuring markings of James McCudden and Arthur Rys Davids.


the problem with pairing the F.1 and two SE5as in one release is that it should take WAY more SE5as to bring Voss down. the Hisso will be extinct soon, so your options with this boxing would be: 1 F.1 for every two SE5as, or Roden hissos. that's one more F.1 than actually existed, in order to get your SE5as from that boxing. you could always go with Roden Hissos, but you could do that with the F.1, too.

on the other hand, a 56th squadron trilogy could likely offer markings for all the 56th squadron SE5as involved, right out of the box. and a separate F.1 could no doubt offer markings for all three, and still be affordable for people who don't routinely have their butler pick up their packages.

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2466 on: February 17, 2018, 07:43:59 AM »
Gotha and comic Camel please
I’ll start saving now
Ray

Now thats a splendid idea , out with the piggy banks  :)

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2467 on: February 17, 2018, 08:08:48 AM »
Gotha and comic Camel please
I’ll start saving now
Ray

+1

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2468 on: February 22, 2018, 09:26:46 PM »
Now that the SE.5a is sold out, I could see a trilogy set in the future.

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2469 on: February 23, 2018, 11:18:05 AM »
I’d like a Black Flight or Naval 8 Triplane release myself.

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2470 on: February 24, 2018, 10:59:15 PM »
I’d like a Black Flight or Naval 8 Triplane release myself.

I think this one is a real possibility as the next trilogy...
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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2471 on: February 24, 2018, 11:54:19 PM »
Now that the SE.5a is sold out, I could see a trilogy set in the future.

As much as I would LOVE to see a 56 sq. trilogy with some added parts for bulged cockpits I don't see the SE5a being one to come soon. Either WNW did a HUGE run of this kit or it was one of the worst sellers seeing how long it took to sell out  :-[
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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2472 on: February 25, 2018, 01:17:53 AM »
Also possible that a lot of modelers had stocked up on roden kits, and stayed with that choice. The J1 lives on though.

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2473 on: February 25, 2018, 01:52:32 AM »
i think it was a HUGE run. when it worked, i did the "order too many trick" on WNW and there were over 30 SE5a, and 11 J.1s.

i bought the J.1. it still hasn't sold out.

that said no regrets, i'm OK with the Roden/Encore version. being late to the party that was always the plan/expectations. to get other things i can't replace, i have to consider alternatives to the WNW Hisso.

Offline Jeff K

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Re: Time for the annual Wingnuts speculation
« Reply #2474 on: February 25, 2018, 01:53:08 AM »
Also possible that a lot of modelers had stocked up on roden kits, and stayed with that choice. The J1 lives on though.

not for long. don't bet against me on that.
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