Best WWI era aircraft?

Panzer Div.68 · Post by **Panzer Div.68** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:06 pm

I`m thinking Corgi since i don`t know of any other company that realeses WWI planes. But,thats why i`m here and asking all you very knowledgable people!!

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:57 pm

Carousel also released WWI planes. They were of great quality, but patterned after fictional planes from the movie Flyboys. They were more pricey than the Corgi aircraft, but now that Carousel has gone under, you may be able to get some cheaper - if you can find them.

In terms of other WWI planes, the Model Power company makes some for their Postage Stamp line of small diecast aircraft. They look good, but lack some of the finer details, especially in the cockpit area. The scales are also kind of funny with some planes being 1:70 scale and others 1:63.

Matchbox also made a couple 1:48 scale WWI planes. These were sold at mass retail several years ago. Quality-wise, they are nearly as good as the Corgi ones (though they lack some of the fine details). They retailed at about $15, but are harder to find now and may cost anywhere between $30 and $50.

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:00 pm

Tman beat me to the post but I concur with him. The Corgi 1:48 models are pretty decent. I have a number of them and they well made and fairly detailed. They have many paint schemes limited to a few actual plane types. I dont know how many Fokker Triplanes or Albatroses you may want. I actually got back into building some of the old Aurora/Monogram 1:48 kits to get some variety in my collection including eindekkers and Gotha bombers.

The Carousel line seems comparable to the Corgi planes and they seem to be in the same price range. Carousel also offers some of the "Flyboys" versions and they may not really be historically correct but they are representative of what was used during the war.

TJ

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:57 pm

TMAN, Carousel has a historical line of WWI planes. Red Baron,Udet and others. i believe a step up in quality from Corgi. Carousel is also on sale now. so you can get them at wholesale prices right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/CAROUSEL-1-1-48-Fok ... 634.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/CAROUSEL-1-1-48-Nie ... 634.c0.m14

Volksdeutsch · Post by **Volksdeutsch** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:04 pm

i have both corgi and carousel. the corgi stuff has a shine finish. the carousel looks better more realistic

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:21 am

was it model power?

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:23 am

What CaesarBC mentions was probably the New Ray planes. Those are pre painted and you have to assemble them. They are closer to 1:32 scale. Not bad for their price, but do not expect significant detail and quality.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:33 am

didnt think of those. not big on them to toy like. although the helos are better

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:49 pm

KRIEGLOK:

When I was a kid I had some of the Aurora 1/48 WW I planes: SE5A, Sopwith Camel, SPAD XIII and Nieuports 17 and 28. They were pretty good models compared to the rest of Aurora's planes. I have the Corgi SE5A-Billy Bishop and the SPAD-Rickenbacker. I was very disappointed in the Corgi SE5A (gloss finish on a fabric plane is a cardinal sin, bent pitot tube from the defective mold), but the SPAD was better.
I also had a beautiful big-scale Revell William Barker Sopwith Camel so I'm hoping Admiral eventually will release their 1/18 Camel in the William Barker paint scheme-----I'm hoping.

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:21 pm

Nice. I have two Gotha bombers, the Brit bomber that never saw service, the Eindekker and a Aurora/Monogram DVII. I found a cheap British DHII pusher fighter and a Curtis Jenny.

I had many of the Aurora WW1 planes as a kid but I let them go. Now I am finding them again...

TJ

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:51 am

price is an issue especially for the kids. but i would rather spend the extra cash to get a nicely detailed model. i would build my own in the past but nolonger have the time.