Eduard 1/72nd Nieuport 17 Batch Build

[WD]

Welp, the Nieuport batch build has been downgraded to a one-at-a-time build for various and sundry reasons. Believe it or not, I'm still at it, but the last few months at Chez Dickinson have been rough from dealing with weather to family medical issues*, etc. so my pace has been reduced to a crawl.

I decided I would like to make a representation of rib tapes using paint, so I've laid down some washi tape. I'll fill the interstices with wider tape then take up the thin ones. I'll spray that with Mr. Surfacer 1000, and maybe some Tamiya white primer on top of that. The plan is to take off the washi tape and Viola! A very thin, but noticeable rib tape representation.
*(Mrs. D's MS has been dealing her fits, her sister had a very serious medical emergency last month, and she's still in hospital, and I've been dealing with some severe sinus headaches this summer which makes bench time unattractive. Add to that summer chores that need doing my my essential tremor giving me fits, and  . . . well . . . y'all get the idea.)

Warren

[FAf]

Sorry to hear about your problems! The decision to build one at the time makes sense and it is still moving forward even if it takes time.
/Fredrik

[Brad Cancian]

Great to see this one still progressing Warren - life happens to all of us, the bench is there to help give us respite, on our terms. Keep fighting the fight

Looking forward to seeing more progress on these little fellas

Cheers,

BC

[macsporran]

All strength to you, Warren. Nobody warns you of the perils of ageing when you're young and able. We're still here though and hopefully there are lots of good days ahead.
It's great to have modeling on hand as an immersive therapy!

Good call re the Nies, looking good and it'll be great to see them all completed.
Sandy

[NigelR]

Best wishes to you and your family Warren, life does get in the way of modelling. But hopefully modelling allows a few moments of peace and mindspace away from the trials of everyday life.

Keep going at whatever pace you can, we'll await updates with interest.

[WD]

Thank you all for the compliments, but most of all your words of encouragement mean a great deal to me.

Thank you.

Warren

[lcarroll]

   Glad to see you are still pursuing this project Warren, and yes, real life issues do get in the way of modelling for all of us to some degree and it seems worse as age progresses. (Ask me how I am so certain of this!?) The best news though, as Brad, Sandy, and Nigel point out is that we have this wonderful hobby to provide a measure of optimism and relief, no matter how fleeting and keep us going through our trials.
   Keep fighting the good fight; trust me, the battle to stay the depletion of useable body parts would be a lot worse if we didn't have this diversion which I am certain you know. I am looking forward to seeing these three little beauties completed down the road!
Cheers,
Lance

[RAGIII]

Your Nieuport is looking great Warren! Tapes and especially the center section cutout detail are very well done. Sorry to hear of the Real Life Difficulties My Friend. Keep up the great work.
RAGIII

[William Adair]

My gosh you certainly have a lot on your plate at the moment. I hope things get better for you and yours soon.
You're a man after my own heart with the painted wing ribs. 

[WD]

My gosh you certainly have a lot on your plate at the moment. I hope things get better for you and yours soon.
You're a man after my own heart with the painted wing ribs. 

Well William, I do hate to disappoint you, but I believe I'm going to have to try another method. I just couldn't get the larger pieces of tape to lay down consistently enough for my satisfaction, so I'm going to try decal strips. This is all really slowing me down, but it's all modeling, right? No one says we have to finish anything, do we? 

Warren

[djuggie]

Warren,

For some reason I like multi kit builds.  Maybe I enjoy inflicting pain on my self and it good to see I am not alone.  Life handed you some lemons and you are making lemonade out of them.  I am sure you will come up with a solution to your rib problems.  My way of handing this problem is "What ribs?" :-)

Dennis

[WD]

Warren,

My way of handing this problem is "What ribs?" :-)

Dennis

  LOL  Well, you see, that's just it. In the images in my references, the rib tapes are not real prominent, but they're there if you look. That's what I would like to recreate.
Thanks for the encouragement Dennis!

Warren

[WD]

The Nieuport 17 build proceeds at a glacial pace, but at least there's forward movement. The work of the past few days has comprised some failed experiments (but at least I'm pushing myself as a modeler), but the final result is that I've separated the elevators from the tail-plane/stabilizer, used a razor saw to put in some slots, insert styrene, and glue the elevators back in at a downward angle to make it a more interesting and realistic display.



Warren

[NigelR]

Very nice attention to detail. Animating the control surfaces does make for a more realistic end result, so it's worth the effort.

[DaddyO]

Great to see these coming along Warren. I always spend a bit of time moving surfaces about; as Nigel says it adds a nice bit of life to the model and a lot of photos show elevators drooped on the ground.

Paul