Well, we'll see if all three make it across the finish line.
I hope or plan to do three Nieuport 17's:
- Tarascon's Zigomar 4
- an RFC Nie.17 from 1 Squadron
- another French machine, haven't quite decided yet.
I'm picking up where I left off in 2006 with two more added to the bunch. I'm almost ready to close up the fuselages, and this is what I've got so far:
- My wire work on the cylinders doe look rough, but at least two of them will be mostly hidden by a Cone de penetration which looks like a spinner, but is in fact a stationary object on a fixed axis. These were added to try and streamline the a/c. Most people think they're spinners, but they are stationary. Still, I'm fairly pleased with what I've done here.
I have made cushions for two of the three seats, and yes, there is a 1/72nd scale button on each tuck in the cushion. The third one is what Eduard gives you on the p/e in the kit, and I like it, but wanted some individuality for each airframe as none of these cushions were a regulation thing. The seatbelts/harnesses . . . I'm not thrilled with those, and images of Nieuport 17/23 seatbelts are rare as hen's teeth. If you have some, please let me know. As it was, I had to go with the illustration in the CSM Nieuport 17 instructions which shows a thick, wide, stiff belt which all but hangs in the air to the side. I couldn't get this to work to the point I liked it or that I thought didn't look weird and unfiinshed, so I've settled on this.
Oooooo, I see a couple of German Shepherd hairs that need sorting out before the seats go in.
Pilsner Urquell was used as a modeling fluid to help overcome my essential tremor during the last session.
Criticisms, feedback, etc. welcome.
Warren
