1/72 Eastern Express Nieuport 16

[Rip Van Winkle]

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.

[Rip Van Winkle]

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.

[Rip Van Winkle]

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.

[Softscience]

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.

[lone modeller]

Lovely looking Nieuport: the kit may have been a bit basic but you have certainly made a gem from it.

Stephen.

[Rip Van Winkle]

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.

[Tim Mixon]

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!

[PrzemoL]

Just nice. And that striking scheme. Lovely!

[NigelR]

Lovely scheme, lovely build, well done! You did a great job on the painting IMO.

[Davos522]

Great job on this, it's a little gem!

Dutch

[RAGIII]

A challenging kit and excellent results! A Beautiful Nieuport!
RAGIII

[Tim Mixon]

Oooh that’s nice. Striking scheme. 

[Brad Cancian]

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