Well... I for one am *very* pleased.
I very much like the pilot-focused boxings, as I more or less buy kits for the stories behind the real thing anyway. I also like figures, if they're good. Dioramas can look like ghost towns if you don't put people in 'em.
The Collishaw boxing in particular borders on a dream come true.
I hope (and expect) the Collishaw boxing has decals for N5490 and N5492, not just N533. I also hope they'll do Collishaw up like they are Richthofen and include Pup N6160 and Camel D3417 markings. Then all they'll need to do is release a 1 1/2 Strutter and I can have a full run of Collishaw's ships.
Also helps me decide what to do with my DH.2... I'll get the Hawker one, then I only have to decide whether the one I already have is assigned to Wilkinson or McCudden. Park the Hawker DH.2 next to a Richthofen D.II. I'd still really like a Bristol Scout for Hawker.
I hope the figures are resin.
It's also an interesting illustration of what their policy is toward other manufacturers' kits of adequate quality... in the case of the DR.1, or non-D.V Albatri, they're quite happy to concede those to Roden. The Tripehound, on the other hand, is a bit of a surprise. They overlapped Roden when they didn't know Roden was working on one... and the Roden kit's still out there, but they bring it back anyway. It bodes well for an SE5a repop. A Stan Dallas Hisso would be ideal, I've already got the Encore McCudden, and they're not hard to find. This illustration of policy does not offer any clues to whether they'll ever do a Viper SE5a (or an Albert Ball SE5? Please?).
