Not much progress of late at the workbench, too much real life combined with an almost total loss of mojo. I did have to replace the air compressor.
And those cowlings? More on that below.
However, some progress has been made. I replaced the little nib on the bottom of two of the fuselages with brass tube since they're supposed to be spent cartridge chutes for the Vickers-armed Nieuports.
Some negative modeling going on as well. Eduard gives you cowlings that lack the holes on the bottom and starboard side that are present on all versions of the Nieuport 17 and 23. Drilling these out, for me at least, is a royal pain. Of course, I can't leave well enough alone, so I messed with one to the point I screwed it up. Saturday morning the workbench smelled of a candle burning and heat-stretched sprue. It smells like . . . negative modeling. So, stretched sprue with Tamiya extra thin to plug the holes. We'll see if this works.
At least I have three objects on the bench that are starting to resemble actual aeroplanes and aren't far from the point I can pick them up and zoom them about the bench.
Warren
PS: Dutch, check your email pard!
