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Rip Van Winkle
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1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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March 27, 2024, 03:59:45 AM »
Model depicts Nieuport 16 of Jean Navarre N1130. Kit was very basic and needed some improvements. The machine gun and mount as well as the windshield came from the Eduard Nieuport 17. Tail decals from Print Scale. Engine was modified and control horns added. The roundel blue was switched also.
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Rip Van Winkle
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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March 27, 2024, 04:05:10 AM »
The real challenge for me was the painting. I used GC10 Mister Kit clear doped linen, Vallejo Armor brown, Russian green, Dk vermillion red, and Russian grey for the blue trim. Rigging was .004 stainless steel.
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Rip Van Winkle
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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March 27, 2024, 04:12:16 AM »
The weakest part of this kit was the landing gear which required some modification. I hope that if KP releases their Nieuport 11/16 that it will be an improvement.
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Softscience
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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March 27, 2024, 04:52:10 AM »
That's really nice. What do you make your control horns from? I tried fashioning my own from scratch, but had a damned time getting any two to look the same.
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lone modeller
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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March 27, 2024, 05:29:46 AM »
Lovely looking Nieuport: the kit may have been a bit basic but you have certainly made a gem from it.
Stephen.
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Rip Van Winkle
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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March 27, 2024, 06:03:20 AM »
The control horns are from thin plastic strip. I eyeball them to be about the same size. It is hard to tell differences in this scale.
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Tim Mixon
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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March 27, 2024, 08:28:56 AM »
Jean Navarre’s kite is one on my short list. You have done a fantastic job with this poor kit. I too anticipate an upgraded Nieuport 11 from KP!
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PrzemoL
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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April 01, 2024, 05:55:19 PM »
Just nice. And that striking scheme. Lovely!
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NigelR
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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April 01, 2024, 06:31:03 PM »
Lovely scheme, lovely build, well done! You did a great job on the painting IMO.
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Davos522
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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April 02, 2024, 03:05:17 AM »
Great job on this, it's a little gem!
Dutch
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RAGIII
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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April 08, 2024, 06:15:42 AM »
A challenging kit and excellent results! A Beautiful Nieuport!
RAGIII
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Tim Mixon
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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April 09, 2024, 09:03:45 AM »
Oooh that’s nice. Striking scheme.
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Brad Cancian
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Re: 1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16
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April 14, 2024, 07:46:54 PM »
A stellar build on this little kit, with a striking colour scheme that screams for attention. I love it!
Hats off to you, sir!
BC
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