Nieuport Ni-17, 1/48, Eduard Profipack

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 66 · 3 days ago · Eduard, Ni-17, Nieuport, Profipack
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    John vd Biggelaar said 4 days, 6 hours ago:

    Started to work on the engine, some very nice PE provided by Eduard to improve it.


    Unfortunately I knocked off the vertical stabilizer, to improve the strength I made use of a recently shown idea from another modeler. Drilled a hole of 0.3mm and added a piece of braided electric wire.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 days, 22 hours ago:

    And here is how the Le Rhône 9J engine looks like in the end.

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    George R Blair Jr said 3 days, 14 hours ago:

    Great looking engine, John (@johnb). It looks like the stabilizer should have had better attachment points to start with. The wire will certainly help.

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    Carl Smoot said 3 days, 14 hours ago:

    Nice paintwork on the engine John (@johnb). It definitely has the right look for an engine from that period.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 days, 12 hours ago:

    Excellent looking engine and very efficient way to strengthen the rudder, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 days, 10 hours ago:

    @gblair, thanks a lot, George. I'm quit pleased with the outcome as well.

    @clipper, thank you, Carl. Pretty sure those engines did not look clean anymore after a couple of runs.

    @fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros. Should be sufficient to keep that rudder in place for a longer time.