Nieuport Ni-17, 1/48, Eduard Profipack

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 182 · 4 days ago · Eduard, Ni-17, Nieuport, Profipack
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 weeks ago:

    Looks Excellent so far, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 weeks ago:

    @firelockg, thank you, Ian. Rigging is something that I'm not yet comfortable with, so let's see how it goes.

    @eb801, thanks a lot, Eric. I do hope to be able to give you some feedback on the rigging process.

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros.

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    John Healy said 1 week, 6 days ago:

    That’s really looking good, John.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 6 days ago:

    @j-healy, thanks a lot, John

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 week, 5 days ago:

    Your rigging already looks better than mine, John (@johnb). I was worried that EZ Line would have been too flexible for me to use. This is definitely the home stretch for this one.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 5 days ago:

    @gblair, thanks, George. Still a lot of wires left to apply. Hopefully I can find some time this weekend to get it done.

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    Milan Tesař said 1 week, 4 days ago:

    This is professional work. I enjoy watching your progress.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 4 days ago:

    @milantesar, thanks a lot for this compliment, Milan

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    Finally started with the rigging process. Using the fine variant of EZ-line in combination with Gaspatch turnbuckles.
    From what I could find on the internet, the Nieuport 17 had only turnbuckles at the lower side of the cables.



    Therefore I started by attaching the wires to the upper side of the aircraft at first.

    Now working on attaching the turnbuckles and connecting the wires to them.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    Really beautiful job so far, my friend @johnb!

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    My head hurts just thinking about all of this rigging, John (@johnb). Using the turnbuckles will really raise the realism of this kit. Well done.

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    Eric Berg said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    Rigging is off to a great start, John@johnb. It always seems so daunting to me. Any chance you could provide a closeup of one of attached Gas Patch turnbuckles? Was it difficult?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros. Start looks promising, let's I can keep it up to the end this way.

    @gblair, thanks, George. The GasPatch turnbuckles do look very detailed. Just very small too handle.

    @eb801, thank you, Eric. Attaching those turnbuckles was easier than expected. When I get home I will take a close-up picture. Don't be scared, from a distance the work done looks better than from a close-up.

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    IAN Convey said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    Great rigging job so far John, I think you will find most biplanes have the turnbuckles on the lower end of the cable so that the riggers can access them easier, my theory anyway.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 1 day ago:

    @firelockg, thank you, Ian. That makes sense, never thought about it that way.