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Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
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The future of Roden
JackFlash
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 06:09 AM UTC
While some people claim to have gotten the word from Mr. Vladimir Chumak (of Roden) saying Roden would not be doing anymore WWI aircraft kits, the truth is they say they will.

"Dear Mr. Stephen Lawson,
Thank you for your letter.
Don’t worry, Roden will make all kinds (WWI,WWII and New Age) of aircraft kits!!! Mr. Vladimir Chumak said maybe we would pay more attention to WWII aircraft than WWI aircraft."

For now the gentleman's agreement that seems to exist in the production of 1:32 world wide says that many French aircraft are indeed covered by Roden.
Mgunns
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 08:05 AM UTC
Well; Hopefully they won't forget the WWI modeler. It is good news to see that they will continue to produce kits.

Thanks for posting.

Best

Mark
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 08:09 AM UTC
Yes, good to hear Roden is alive and well. Apart from French subjects in1:32, some Italian, Austro Hungarian and perhaps Russian might be an intesting route for them to take?

Mikael
lcarroll
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 08:53 AM UTC

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Yes, good to hear Roden is alive and well. Apart from French subjects in1:32, some Italian, Austro Hungarian and perhaps Russian might be an intesting route for them to take?

Mikael


I like your suggestion, Milael. Would be good for us and for their business as well.
Cheers,
Lance
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 07:55 PM UTC

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Would be good for us and for their business as well.


Absolutely Lance – it could be a very interesting development.

Also I wonder why Roden has'nt done a Nieuport 17? The existing offer Hobbycraft/Academy could be improved upon!

Mikael
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