WWI biplanes

I think Revell makes or made some 1/28th scale WWI aircraft.
Ray

I would agree on how the Roden kit dont always line up too well. Eduard makes really good kits in both 1/72 and 1/48. Their homepage is www.eduard.com Revel also just put out a d7 and an se5a in 1/48 as well as a 1/28 tripeplane. I have also seen 1/32 nieuport 17 and spad 13. I find all these kits on www.squadron.com

I'd definitely go for the 1/48 Edurd kits. They are great! The 1/28 Revell kits )Dr.I, Camel and SPAD XIII (? )are old and do not go together as well as the Edurd kits. Revell's D.VII is not that old, but I seem to recall bad reviews of that kit... Hobbycraft 1/32 (?) Nieuport 11 'Bebe' is also available. It's a good little kit.

I went to the Eduard site, wow, what a selection. It appears that they have a wealth of 1:48 stuff. I was also amazed at the other things they have. Correct me if I am wrong. If I pick up lets say a Tamiya F4U corsair, 1:48, it appears to me that they have a kit that you add parts to the Tamiya kit for more detail. Is that correct? Is that what everyone always talks about. So, you can build a kit out of the box or you can add to it with these supplements? Is that true and if so, are these extras designed for certain kits or will they fit all kits of the same scale? What is "Photo etched" mean?

Thanks, I need to retire so I can do this full time. Models are a blast again!

I built a 1/48 SE5A last year (I think it was the Lindberg kit) and thought it was a really nice model. Don't recall any major problems and I even took a shot at rigging the wings. Not bad for a first-timer...

M.

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there's always room for improvement, even with the best kits and that's how companies such as Eduard thrive. Photo-Etch parts (PE) are made of thin sheets of brass. Chemicals and exposure to light allow for the selective 'eating out' of some of that metal, leaving very delicate and thin parts (that could not be produced with normal plastic molding techniques) that one can use to detail one's models. PE parts must be added with epoxy, or super glue, although I sometimes use wood glue.

PE sets are designed to fit particular kits, so one set for a Tamiya kit might not 'fit' another kit by another brand...

Thank you DJ, that makes sense. So, my love for corsairs can be fulfilled by getting the tamiya 1:48 and one of these PE kits. Sounds like a great project for the fall. Are there any of these kits for the 1:32 revell germany corsair available? I have that and will build it for my desk here at work.

Sure enough, there is one available...

http://www.hannants.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?Mode=view&Database=cat&R=ED32021

I'm sure Squadron carries that item.

Blue Max kits are very nice and have resin and photoetch parts.