Friday, September 03, 2004 - 02:33 AM UTC
3 new 1/48 scale WW1 aircraft kits should be shipping any day now from Roden.

Item 416: S.E.5a with a Wolsely Viper engine
The kit includes a detailed interior and the following decal options:

1. s/n E1295/A, No 74 Sqn RAF, Major Edward "Mick" Mannock, (73 victories), Northen France, July 1918.
2. s/n C1904/Z, No 85 Sqn RAF, flown by Billie Bishop, (72 victories), Summer 1918, France.
3. s/n D6856, No 84 Sqn RAF, Capt. A. Beauchamp-Proctor (54 victories), 1918.

Item 420: Fokker D.VII (OAW built, early)
The next in Roden D.VII series features the following decal options:

1. Lt. Ernst Udet (62 victories, Pour le Merite), Jasta 4, 29 June 1918.
2. Pilot and unit unknown, Summer 1918.
3. Lt. Hans Besser,Jasta 12, Summer 1918.

Item 425: Bristol F.2B Fighter
This long-awaited kit contains decals for 6 aircraft:

1. s/n D8061, No.48 Sqn RAF, Western Front, Mericourt, Lt FN Griffiths, observer/gunner AE Ansell, July 1918.
2. s/n A7288/7, No.11 Sqn RFC, Western Front, Lt Andrew Edward McKeever, observer/gunner Lt L F Powell, November 1917.
3. s/n Fighter C851, No.141 (HD) Sqn, Lt E E Turner, observer/gunner H B Barwise, May 1918; on the night 19/20 May shot down Gotha G.V 979/16 of Bogohl 3.
4. s/n A7198, No. 1 Sqn Australian Flying Corps, captain R Williams, 1918.
5. s/n A7192, No. 1 Sqn Australian Flying Corps, Palestine, 1918.
6. s/n D8063/D, No.139 Sqn RAF, Italian Front, Villaverla, Maj W G Barker, observer/gunner HRH Prince Edward of Wales, summer 1918.

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