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Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 06:33 AM UTC
Richard Alexander has sent details of Wingnut Wings' exciting new Halberstadt Cl.II as revealed in the forum by Michael Satin.
Hi,

We are pleased to announce that our next two releases are now available for pre-order from shop.wingnutwings.com with shipping hopefully from late November or early December 2018. Pre-order deposit payment in full with 100% refund available upon request up to 26 November 2018 (NZ time). They should also be available from your regular preferred Wingnut Wings supplier.

The Halberstadt Cl.II was a highly successful escort fighter and infantry support aircraft that entered German service from late July 1917. It was very well regarded for its good visibility, climb rate, maneuverability, stability and ease of internal communication afforded by the close nature of the pilot and gunner. Early production aircraft had the main gun mounted to the left of the engine while late production aircraft had it mounted to the right. Halberstadt Cl.II were initially tasked with escorting traditional two-seat reconnaissance and artillery spotting aircraft, often being assigned to a specialised Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron) which were renamed Schlachtstaffel (Battle Squadron) following their transition to infantry support from March 1918 until the Armistice.

32049 1/32 Halberstadt Cl.II (Early) US$ 129 (Pre Order)
-193 high-quality injection moulded plastic parts including 14 exclusive to early production aircraft.
-9 photo-etched metal detail parts.
-Optional Daimler-Mercedes 160hp D.III, 180hp D.IIIa or 200hp D.IIIaü engines.
-Optional radio, generator, rudders, propellers and armament.
-28 page fully illustrated instruction manual.
-2 high-quality Cartograf decal sheets including fitted lozenge and markings for 5 colour schemes;

A = Halberstadt Cl.II 5720/17 “3 Martha & Else”, Max Niemann & Rudolf Kolodzicj, Royal Prussian Schlasta 21, October 1918
B = Halberstadt Cl.II “4 Rosi”, Royal Bavarian Schusta 23b, early 1918
C = Halberstadt Cl.II “4”, Royal Bavarian Schusta 26b, late 1917
D = Halberstadt Cl.II “1”, Fridolin Redenbach, Royal Bavarian Schusta 27b, September 1917
E = Halberstadt Cl.II “4 Dora”, Royal Bavarian Schusta 27b, March 1918

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32062 1/32 Halberstadt Cl.II (Late) US$ 129 (Pre Order)
-201 high-quality injection moulded plastic parts including 22 exclusive to late production aircraft.
-9 photo-etched metal detail parts.
-Optional Daimler-Mercedes 160hp D.III, 180hp D.IIIa or 200hp D.IIIaü engines.
-Optional radio, generator, gun rings, propellers and armament.
-28 page fully illustrated instruction manual.
-3 high-quality Cartograf decal sheets including fitted lozenge and markings for 5 colour schemes;

A = Halberstadt Cl.II “V”, Royal Prussian Schusta 13, March 1918.
B = Halberstadt Cl.II “2, Brünhilde”, Karl Prim?, Royal Bavarian Schlasta 27b, mid to late 1918.
C = Halberstadt Cl.II, Friedrich Barchert, Royal Prussian Schlasta 21, June to July 1918.
D = Halberstadt Cl.II “Löwe”, Marine Schlasta 1, October 1918.
E = Halberstadt Cl.II “Marichen”, Royal Prussian Schlasta 15?, mid to late 1918.

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IPMS(UK) Nationals (Scale Model World) in Telford 10 & 11 November 2018.

Wingnut Wings will be attending Scale Model World for the first time and we look forward to meeting those of you who are attending at our trade stand in hall 3.


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Awesome, though I wish they would bring out more French aircraft. That sector is seriously under-represented in state-of-the-art kits.
OCT 18, 2018 - 01:40 AM
As well as Italian, Belgian and Russian aircraft. Although I spied a copy of "Italian Aces of WWI" and "French Aircraft of the First World War" in a photo of Bryan Wall's desk (the WNW Halberstadt designer)! So there might be some hope! Take a look at the fourth photo in this Aeroscale article about the new Lancaster. Note the stack of books under the window. LINK VR, Russ
OCT 18, 2018 - 03:04 AM
Hi Russ Wow! You've got eagle-eyes! I hadn't noticed that... Very intriguing... All the best Rowan
OCT 18, 2018 - 08:12 AM
Hi Russ Wow! You've got eagle-eyes! I hadn't noticed that... Very intriguing... All the best Rowan [/quote] Rowan, not sure if you remember, but you paid me the almost exact same compliment when you did the review on Eduard’s brand new 1/32 Bf 109 several years ago when it was released, when I noted there was a wing flap detached and missing in your sprue shots of the kit (I knew it was missing because mine was also missing, but Eduard was good enough to get the part to me). But I hate to admit it, my wife would disagree with you as I don’t seem to have the same "detail affinity" in noticing “household dirt” and my “advancing age excuse” doesn’t seem to be an excuse that matters much with her, since I seem to notice these little details in my modeling... On a side note, I can’t make out the title of the middle book in the stack, but I’d love to know what it is...maybe we’ll find out in "future releases"!?! One can hope! VR, Russ
OCT 18, 2018 - 08:22 AM
Hi again Household dirt doesn't count, does it? We've got to get our priorities right... All the best Rowan
OCT 18, 2018 - 08:26 AM
my wife tells me that I suffer from selective blindness ... I only see what I want ... However the Halberstadt early on my list !!
OCT 18, 2018 - 09:28 AM
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