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1:32nd scale Nieuport XVII (17) C.1

Started by Mike Norris · 55 ≡ · ↻ 1 year ago

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John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Nice work on the machineguns, Mike @sandbagger
Mike Norris said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Hi all,
Moving on.
Airbrushed with 'Alclad' Duraluminium (ALC102).
Covered with 'Aviattic' clear linen effect decal, although against the Duralumium base coat it can barely been seen.
Airbrushed with 'Alclad' Light Sheen (ALC311).
Weathered with 'Flory Models' Dark Dirt clay wash then resealed.
Decals are a mix of kit supplied decals and the 'Kiwi Resin' Lafayette decal set.
So now it's onto pre-rigging before assembly,

Mike
5 attached images. Click to enlarge.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Coming together superbly, my friend @sandbagger!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Painting and weathering turned out great, Mike @sandbagger
Mike Norris said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Hi all,
Moving on.
The models has been pre-rigged with 0.08 and 0.12 mm diameter mono-filament with blackened 0.4 and 0.5 mm diameter Nickel-Silver tubes.
The landing gear, tailplane/elevator assembly with support struts, rudder and the interplane struts have all been fitted.

Next up is fitting the upper wing with its rear cabane struts then final rigging,

Mike
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Pedro L. Rocha said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Excellent work! I just caught up with your thread and I’m impressed by, not only your painting skills (I also use oils to simulate wood but mine turns out much lighter than yours, I like that darker look you got), but also for the speed of constructions without loosing sight of quality details
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Coming along nicely, my friend @sandbagger!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Start of the rigging looks very promissing, Mike @sandbagger
Mike Norris said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Hi Pedro,
Thanks.
I base coat first with 'Tamiya' acrylic paint, such as Dark Yellow (XF60) or similar.
Then brush paint 'Windsor & Newton' Griffin Alkyd paints (Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna or Vandyke Brown).
The dark wood is Vandyke Brown.
Finally seal with 'Alclad' Light Sheen (ALC311).
Any weathering is usually 'Flory Models' Dark Dirt fine clay wash,

Mike
Mike Norris said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Hi all,
Upper wing with rear cabane struts fitted.
All inter wing rigging fitted using 0.12 mm diameter mono-filament and 0.4 and 0.5 mm diameter blackened Nickel-Silver tube.

Now it's onto the rear fuselage and the flight control rigging,

Mike
4 attached images. Click to enlarge.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Truly wonderful, my friend @sandbagger!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Really great result, Mike @sandbagger
Rigging and turnbuckles look very realistic.
Mike Norris said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Hi all,
Rudder and elevator control cables are now rigged.
Lewis machine gun and aileron control bell-cranks fitted.

Just the windscreen, extended loading handle for the Vickers machine gun, Lewis trigger cable and propeller to fit.
Then it's onto the figures,

Mike
4 attached images. Click to enlarge.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Beautiful job, my friend @sandbagger!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

Very impressive work done, Mike @sandbagger

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