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Offline RAGIII

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Re: Do you remember these?
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2016, 01:26:37 AM »
It would be great if Dragon scales its DVII up  to 1/32

 Out of the kits they made I think the DVII would be the least desirable to scale up. The shape issues alone would make it less than desirable, at least to me.  As much as we lament the WNW DVII being Sold Out I think it would be near suicidal for a company to mold a 1/32nd kit to compete. All WNW would need to do is reissue theirs and the Competing model would probably die a horrible death. That being said, the EV/DVIII would be a winner with suitable detail changes, in particular the struts and interior. As for the figures by WNW, like I said, I think they would be nice to see but it is no longer the critical issue it once was.
JMHO.

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Offline rhwinter

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Re: Do you remember these?
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2016, 02:39:31 AM »
... but it looks as if THESE were available: http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/4F61C515F9CCDF74CF6A55E11607A9EC (Nothing of any interest for me, though.)

Offline Des

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Re: Do you remember these?
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2016, 06:41:29 AM »
The 'Little Contemptibles' have been available for quite some time, pity same can't be said about the resin figures. I doubt we will ever see the figures come to light, they are looking very dated now.

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Re: Do you remember these?
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2016, 08:15:24 PM »
If I model a kit with a pilot figure, the first thing I do is removed the pilot and stick him with the rest of the pilots, in a "pilots" drawer.

Personally, I find figures detract from a model, purely because they never, ever look as realistic as the model.

And, of course, my skills are nowhere near good enough to paint 'em!

So I don't mind if they are quietly dropped altogether, especially a they are using the resources to put a BE2 together.

Probably.

But then again, we are still waiting a decent Hurricane in 1/32, so importance doesn't seem to matter than much  - at least until Fly release theirs.

Offline uncletony

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Re: Do you remember these?
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2016, 08:52:14 PM »
Personally, I find figures detract from a model, purely because they never, ever look as realistic as the model.


I agree, for me figures just kill the illusion. With few exceptions even the best painted figures look dead and stiff. Although I can think of a few guys here who have managed to pull it off, but usually in the tiny scales.