1/72 Nieuport 27 RFC

[DaddyO]

Lovely. And, as we all agree, you can never have too many Nieuports.
I love this combination of French 5 colour camp and British roundels.
Sandy

Cheers Sandy 
One of the appeals of this model was exactly that combination although it did cause a bit of scratching about for suitable decals (ended up using standard British ones from a very old Blue Rider sheet and adding larger red centres cut from some others). Not sure about the colours I used for the camoflauge in the end which didn't darken under varnish quite as much as I expected, but it certainly looks nice and bright next to its PC10 covered companions

Paul

[KiwiZac]

I too love that camo with British markings. What a lovely wee thing, and the pilot looks spectacular. Bravo!

[NigelR]

Sorry to hear you've been unwell Paul, hope you are fighting fit again.

This is a superb build, lovely and sharp with the just the right amount of weathering and fabric detailing for the scale (IMO of course). She looks lovely, and the figure is beautifully painted as always, glad you could put it to use. Looking forward to seeing this in the flesh soon....

[DaddyO]

I too love that camo with British markings. What a lovely wee thing, and the pilot looks spectacular. Bravo!

Cheers Zac 

Sorry to hear you've been unwell Paul, hope you are fighting fit again.

This is a superb build, lovely and sharp with the just the right amount of weathering and fabric detailing for the scale (IMO of course). She looks lovely, and the figure is beautifully painted as always, glad you could put it to use. Looking forward to seeing this in the flesh soon....

Thanks Nigel. Turned out okay in the end although I got a bit tied up with details as usual and was pleased with the RFC chappie who helped bring it to life. I'll bring it to Bovy next month hopefully with something else . . .

[DaveB]

Nicely done, Paul.

Well displayed on your base too.

Regards

Dave

[Brad Cancian]

Beautifully done Paul, a great looking little Nieuport!

Cheers,

BC

[DaddyO]

Nicely done, Paul.

Well displayed on your base too.

Regards

Dave

Thanks Dave 
I always like to put the model on a base. With the smaller ones it also adds a bit of 'gravitas' to them when displayed alongside the larger scales.

Beautifully done Paul, a great looking little Nieuport!

Cheers,

BC

Cheers Brad

Still at that learning stage of modelling so I keep having to stop building to work out how to proceed, but getting better 

Paul

[enathan]

Lovely Nieuport Paul, beautifully done!
I definitely prefer the five colour camo and with RFC markings. 

[WD]

Sorry to be late on this Paul, I thought I had commented earlier.

This is just a lovely build all the way around. I do love that tailskid, and I'm pondering how I'm going to address this on my current 1/72nd Nieuport builds.

As had been said: you can never have too many Nieuports, and that combo of camo and those roundels really makes it pop.

Warren

[macsporran]

Lovely. And, as we all agree, you can never have too many Nieuports.
I love this combination of French 5 colour camp and British roundels.
Sandy

Cheers Sandy 
One of the appeals of this model was exactly that combination although it did cause a bit of scratching about for suitable decals (ended up using standard British ones from a very old Blue Rider sheet and adding larger red centres cut from some others). Not sure about the colours I used for the camoflauge in the end which didn't darken under varnish quite as much as I expected, but it certainly looks nice and bright next to its PC10 covered companions

Paul

I know exactly what you mean Paul - I found the combination equally appealing with the 1/32 Roden N27 a couple of years ago. (Over in completed section.)  Like you I had to cobble together colours and decals.
I attach a wee thumbnail - please forgive intrusion into your thread, it's just to confirm my similar obsession!
Sandy

[DaddyO]

Lovely Nieuport Paul, beautifully done!
I definitely prefer the five colour camo and with RFC markings.

Thanks matey 

Sorry to be late on this Paul, I thought I had commented earlier.

This is just a lovely build all the way around. I do love that tailskid, and I'm pondering how I'm going to address this on my current 1/72nd Nieuport builds.

As had been said: you can never have too many Nieuports, and that combo of camo and those roundels really makes it pop.

Warren

Hi Warren - No a problem (I'm always reading threads and then doing the same 

Glad you like the build. (Hopefully I'll have a complete set of Nieuports at some point)
Tailskids are one of those little things that tend to be represented by a 'blob' in this scale, but I quite enjoy the challenge of making one up that looks a bit more realistic and paint can be used for a lot of smaller details. Plastic would be easier of course, but given my heavy handedness I prefer brass which isn't too difficult to work with.
NB - model railway suppliers often have very thin gauge strips which I sometimes use for struts (The cabane ones on this are all made from brass, but I filed from brass wire to section before cutting for them on this occasion)

Lovely. And, as we all agree, you can never have too many Nieuports.
I love this combination of French 5 colour camp and British roundels.
Sandy

Cheers Sandy 
One of the appeals of this model was exactly that combination although it did cause a bit of scratching about for suitable decals (ended up using standard British ones from a very old Blue Rider sheet and adding larger red centres cut from some others). Not sure about the colours I used for the camoflauge in the end which didn't darken under varnish quite as much as I expected, but it certainly looks nice and bright next to its PC10 covered companions

Paul

I know exactly what you mean Paul - I found the combination equally appealing with the 1/32 Roden N27 a couple of years ago. (Over in completed section.)  Like you I had to cobble together colours and decals.
I attach a wee thumbnail - please forgive intrusion into your thread, it's just to confirm my similar obsession!
Sandy

Intrude away Sandy 
Lovely job on yours, by the way - I'm bvecoming more attracted to the RFC mounts so expect a few others later this year, possibly even a pusher  . . .

Cheers
Paul

[Tim Mixon]

Lovely. And, as we all agree, you can never have too many Nieuports.
I love this combination of French 5 colour camp and British roundels.
Sandy

Totally agree with Sandy about the 5color cammo and British markings. Excellent build Paul!

[ScottJ]

I've been away from the site for a while so have been remiss in sending replies...  A most excellent Nieuport 27 Paul, will be Mr. Redundant here and also agree that the camo scheme (and British insignia) really add to the attraction of this model.  And the tail skid as well as the Lewis mount look great!  You've got to be happy with how those turned out.  I've had a soft spot for the 27 as years ago it was my first attempt at scratch building... converting from a Revell Nieuport 17c with mixed (questionable) results. 

[DaddyO]

Glad you both like it, certainly it stands out among the others (I've a hankering to do a Belgian model for the same reason; possibly a Camel or 1 1/2 strutter)

The 27 is a nice looking aircraft anyway (as you know ScottJ) which always helps IMO when you are struggling a bit with a build. Not sure I'd have tried converting a 17 to a 27, but I'm sure you learned a lot and had a lot of fun in the process which is what it's all about    That said I was reading an old article about converting a DH4 or 504 to an FE8 which is another on my to do list . . . .

Incidentally anyone built the Choroszy FE8?

Paul

[IanB]

Beautifully done!
Good luck with the 28 - the Revell kit needs quite a bit of work to get it reasonable, but it's do-able.

Ian