Dave Williams Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Wish they were the Gotha and the Pfalz, but I picked up the W.29 anyway. The DH.9a is just too ugly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Modelmkr Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I think people are still absorbing info on these rather than discussing, but I'll bite. I too, will be getting the W.29. A nice WWI float plane makes for a different subject and the inclusion of the dolly and wooden cradles is a nice touch but it screams for some figures to make a nice dockside or beachfront dio. I will pass on the DH.9, but for different reasons: that is one nightmare of a rigging job! Especially compared to the W.29. As for the DH being ugly; well, to me, it looks "unbalanced". Too much aircraft ahead of the wing spar makes it look awkward, but awkward is a trait for a lot of British aircraft designs (go ahead... fire away), and I've never been a fan of those big, flat radiator fronts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Picked up the W.29, too. Very unusual. Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck1945 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Wish they were the Gotha and the Pfalz, but I picked up the W.29 anyway. The DH.9a is just too ugly. :blink: There is more discussion in the Classic Aviation section of the forums Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) I didn't realize that the Polikarpov R-1 was a license built DH.9a. Wonder why WnW didn't do a Russian one as an option? Or for that matter, a Finnish Hansa-Brandenburg? Edited December 10, 2010 by Jennings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) The Russian and Finnish aircraft were post-war. It seems WnW mainly focuses on wartime markings. I would have liked to see markings for Christiansen's W.29 though. Edited December 10, 2010 by Dave Williams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Wasn't the USMC DH.9a post-war?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 According to the WnW profile. the markings are for September 1918 and the text says they were used by the USMC Northern Bombing Group. The armistice was November 1918, so that appears to be a wartime scheme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TonyT Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ham Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 "We didn't get a harumph out of that guy." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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