CSM Nieuport xvii (early) - COMPETED

[Edo]

hi edgard!
thank you very much! your input is much appreciated!
you are absolutely right ! you have cought me with my hands in the jam!!!
to my excuse I have to say that working with pe is really hard to me... nothing wrong with the model, which is super, but I have not find a way to domesticate it.... So I did not manage to position the belt in a satisfactory way... I tried anhealing it, bending and gluing but it was not satisfactory at all, in the end I was really upset with my self and I thought to throw it in the bin.... then I choose e simpler, but wrong, accomodation
So it will stay as is....

as for the colour of the hatches.... fortunately I am still in time to amend! thank you very much, I really thougt it was metal!

thank you again
ciao
edo

[Borsos]

Great progress on the interior Edo. You achieved a lovely weathered fuel tank!
For me the warning regarding the hatched holes comes too late. Annoying, but anyway, it’s hard to see it on the inside.
Andreas

[gbrivio]

Good work till now. I may be wrong, but looking at Edgar's picture the inner ring of the maintenance hutch looks a metal plate, while looking at some pictures in the Nieuport Windsock Datafile is visibly plywood. I think it's possible that different batches had different parts or a field modification was applied with a metal reinforcement. I'm going anyway to modify the colour on my one, as probably the original configuration was an all plywood skin.
Ciao
Giuseppe

[Monty]

Lovely work, Edo! I'm enjoying your cockpit deteailing very much and learning so much about this famous aircraft at the same time! I will follow this build carefully! Regards, Marc

[Borsos]

„and speaking of woodgrain, I would like you help on the propeller: were french props as laminated as the german ones? or were they more uniform in colour as the british ones?



Edo, what I learned from Xan is that French props were painted with a red brown color that covered all the wood grain.

I hope that helps.
Best regards
Andreas

[Edo]

thank you guys! your comments are always appreciated!

ahahh! Borsos! thank you very much! so it is useless for me to simulate wood grain... this really helps!
thank you again!
ciao
edo

[Edo]

Hi all!
just a quick update on the cockpit side which is now ready.
The only worthy part I'd like to point out is the pulsometer that i enhanced with clear stretched sprue.
I hope you like it

ciao
Edo





p.s.ah! yes, I could not resist the temptation to add some pipes as well...

[Juan]

Great additions Edo, looks great.

[pepperman42]

Nice progress!!

Steve

[Alexis]

Very nice progress so far and the added detail really adds to it .





Terri

[Edo]

Hey friends!
thank you for your kind comments!
This group build is deliverig the higest standards of modelling, and I am really honoured to partecipate. 
well, well, time for an update...

started working on the wings...








and engine...




here you can see that I lost the distributor... due to the carpet monsetr... had to replace somehow...

while the cockpit is done!







this is all for now, I hope you'll like it!

ciao
Edo

[Alexis]

Really like how the pit turned out Edo , very nicely done . The carpet monster will always be lurking ..waiting ..snickering  for that one part to go flying . I have hard wood flooring in my house . No carpet but yet the carpet monster still remains 

Nice job on the engine wiring . Once the engine is in place no would be able to notice it . Good save Edo 




Terri

[RAGIII]

Terrific painting and subtle shading, lovely cockpit, and the engine is gorgeous!
RAGIII

[Juan]

Great update Edo, fantastic all around.

[kensar]

Very good detail painting in the cockpit, Edo.  Thanks for bringing up the prop color, as I am building a French plane, also.