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GazzaS

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  1. 3 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    There's nothing wrong with the Roden DR.1. It's actually a really decent little kit.

    You can do what many do to the WNW kits, and replace the prop with Proper Plane, use a resin engine or Wingnut engine sprue, use AM guns, and Pheon and Aviattic decals.

    I really didn't see how much better the Wingnut DR.1 would actually be. The Roden is nice. Plus, if you want to go whole hog, Squadron put out an "Encore" version of the Roden kit with resin goodies and different decals.  They offered both the DR.1 and an F.1 kit.

    My take?  "slightly" less crisp moldings, a bit of extra flash, some parts no show perfect right off the sprue, and absolutely atrocious decals.  Roden decals are, in my opinion,  hideous. Every time I've tried to use them, they nuked themselves in the water. Plus, they flake up and I could never get them to apply well. Technique, maybe?

    I'll tell you the biggest thing I like about WNW kits over Roden kits.  It;s the locator "pins" for the struts.  On WNW, I;ve found them to be large enough to actually prevent most accidental dislocations during the later stages of the build.  On the Roden kit, you have very tiny locator nubs and very small gluing surfaces.  When I rigged my Roden D.III I totally detached the upper wing twice.  Eventually I began to notice that the LG struts were bowing months after I completed the build.  Then, one day, one wingtip was actually touching the shelf because one strut had detached, causing a second to snap.

     

    "Pin them!" you say?  Tried that.  Again, you're working with a very small surface.  While trying to pin one of the LG struts of my Roden Dr. I, using a .25mm drill bit, I buggered up the top end, ruining the strut aesthetically.  At that point I got disheartened.  I should learn to build my own struts.  I just haven;t got that far, yet.

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  2. 23 minutes ago, Dekenba said:

    It's a Proxxon linear sander . It sands in a back-and-forth style, rather than a rotary.

    You attach different grades of sandpaper to it and off you go.

     

    I like!  gonna have to look it up.  Honestly...  sometimes I feel I waste so much time sanding.

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  3. 20 hours ago, Dekenba said:

    I actually emailed Richard Alexander to say that I hoped WNW weren't going to start releasing specific pilot boxings, as there were rumours beforehand.

    I felt it would end up as pretty divisive & inevitably political.

    Richard said "you can't please everyone", or words to that effect - fair enough (and good on Richard for replying to customers emails) but I'm not sure who WNW were pleasing by releasing Goring?

     

    They'd have done better with Udet.   He is at least clean of war crimes, and led an interesting interwar existence as both stunt pilot and aircraft designer/builder.  I have to admit that the idea of weathering an all white plane is a bit interesting as a challenge goes.  But for what I paid for it, I'd hate to mess it up.  

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  4. 9 hours ago, Dekenba said:

    I have shown immense self restraint & ordered a total of no kits whatsoever.

     

    None!

     

    (I got one of these instead)

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    What is that, one of those saws that cuts with a vibrating blade?  I have one for DIY...  But it's not hobby sized.

     

    BTW...  I'm not sure what impresses me more, your stash or your restraint...lol

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  5. 6 hours ago, Artful69 said:

    Well ... The story of WNW demise/impending demise isn't great ...

    BUT ... Since WWI subjects aren't my thing, the only disappointment I might of had is missing out on a Lancaster ...

    Fortunately they aren't the only game in town ... I bought the HK Dambuster because I doubted that the special birds would've developed oil canned panels anyway ... and I was waiting on the release RRP price of the WNW kit to see if the juice was going to be worth the extra squeeze. So ... now I'll just have to get the HK kit ...

    Seriously though ... do we have a proper company announcement of a complete and final closure ... or just rumour and he said-she said?

    Rog :)

    Well...  there is a quote from a WNW employee about them all losing their jobs.  Unless that person/account has been totally fictional and not found out, then I suppose if could be fiction.    Here it is:

    94127896_10221755833033185_4151880589382

    This guy's home page on Farcebook titles him a "A lead modeller at Wingnut Wings"

     

    So....FWIW...

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  6. 18 hours ago, Kais said:

    GazzaS,
    You have seen your avatar, right?
    Frontline Hobbies in Newcastle NSW had a goodly stock of WNW until recently(haven't checked since COVid), not sure on their prices but for you Aussies it might be an other option.
    Be well folk.

    Thanks for the info, but I already hit Frontline for the ones I wanted. 

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  7. An interesting quote on Farcebook: 

    "Peter Jackson took his country for a ride. All rides come to an end. Some good and some bad,this was a very bad ending. We might not ever know the real story because of disclosure agreements signed by all of the employees at these companies. Peters late friend Paul Allen who owned the Portland Trailblazers where I live had his company go bankrupt and let all the small companies they owed money to take it in the shorts even when he could have paid them off what was due. Peter has just about done the same to the people of NZ.. Rich stay rich sorry to say."

     

    Meanwhile...  all of my panic purchases arrived.

     

     

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  8. 12 minutes ago, DocRob said:

    Thanks Gaz, I enjoy working with pigments more and more, it's messy and there is a lot to be learned. The downside is, you can't really seal pigments without completely altering what you achieved before. There is also a big difference in the quality of pigments. The ones mainly used here were blue and green from MIg, where the blue powder was of much finer grain an was much more efficient and gave a more intense Colour saturation.
    My general experience with pigments is, as finer the grain is, the better they are to work with. There are some very coarse grained pigments out there and you cannot rub them in, they don't adhere.
    When the squid is finished and the PE is attached, I will try my luck and work with coarse green pigments and some fixer, to replicate algae in some places.

    Cheers Rob

    Yes, I've yet to master pigments, though I generally work in shades of dust.  I've not found the application for bold colors, yet.  I know only once certainty in pigments is that you can;t seal them, because the white disappears.

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  9. 2 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

    Well I’ve got a big fat doughnut of WnW stash, that’s zero btw, one on the bench and that will bee the end for me.......let’s just pray it doesn’t descend into “scalpers” paradise.......

    I want at least one more Pfalz D.III, but they seem pretty scarce.  Found two on EBAY one wanted 350$AUD including postage, and the other wanted 300$.   A bit more than I want to pay as it's probably one of the simplest bip's that WNW made.

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