Nieuport 17bis conversion 1/72

[DaddyO]

As the title says I decided a bit of light relief building was needed so i resurrected this model from the shelf of doom and really enjoyed bringing it to completion.

The model is based around a Roden 24bis fuselage to which were added a set of flying surfaces and engine cowl from an Eduard Nieuport 21. Throw in a new Vickers from Gaspatch and a Lewis from MiniWorld, a dash of filler and the usual acrylic paint and monofilament and you end up with a nice addition to the shelf 

The scheme is taken from the Windsock Nieuport Datafile special (vol 2) and is depicted on the cover flying behind the well known Nungesser Nieuport 25.

Paul

[DaddyO]

This particular RNAS aircraft arrived at the Dunkerque depot around early March and was with Naval 6 by March 15 when it acquired the red band, wheel covers  and cowl (Difficult to tell what colour was actually used, but red seems likely)

It later lost it's wings in combat killing it's pilot F P  Reeves on June 6th and was credited to Vzfw Riesinger of Jasta 12

[DaddyO]

Of interest (to me at least) are the synchronized Vickers as well as the overwing Lewis gun. In a group photo some are seen with the Lewis and others with the mounts, but no gun in place.

[DaddyO]

Final pick is the aircraft mounted on it's new base with a section of duckboard and a muddier field for a change

Cheers
Paul

[malaula]

This indeed is a nice little Nieuport ! Makes me want to pull the much neglected Roden and Eduard kits and printscale decal sets out my stash to have a go on a colourful Frenchy..
I like the base,too,something else than just green grass. but,isn'nt the vickers mounted upside down?Looks like the nozzle sits on top of the cooling jacket ,or are my weary  eyes cheating me?
Anyway,an excellent build !!

[DaddyO]

This indeed is a nice little Nieuport ! Makes me want to pull the much neglected Roden and Eduard kits and printscale decal sets out my stash to have a go on a colourful Frenchy..
I like the base,too,something else than just green grass. but,isn'nt the vickers mounted upside down?Looks like the nozzle sits on top of the cooling jacket ,or are my weary  eyes cheating me?
Anyway,an excellent build !!

Cheers Maluala 
There's some lovely schemes and who doesn't like a colourful model?

Weirdly the French modified version seem to have a secondary 'protuberance' at the top of the jacket in a lot of photos (and all the resin cast ones I've seen). The barrel is tucked down by the clam shell at the bottom
Not sure what this is since it's not visible on some photos, but obvious in others. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can chip in? 

[Radarman]

Nice one, Paul! As I always say, "You can never have too many Nieuports".

                                                                                  Kevin

[NMLeonov]

Great work Paul. The overall silver dope color and weathering looks good. And the addition of your neatly painted aftermarket MGs makes this Nieuport a little gem.

Nick.

[KiwiZac]

What a lovely Noop! Beautifully done, Paul!

[DaddyO]

Nice one, Paul! As I always say, "You can never have too many Nieuports".

                                                                                  Kevin

Thanks Kevin  those are my thoughts exactly (and you'll be pleased to note that I'll be adding an earlier one to the collection as well having started on an RNAS 12) 

Great work Paul. The overall silver dope color and weathering looks good. And the addition of your neatly painted aftermarket MGs makes this Nieuport a little gem.

Nick.

Cheers Nick. I'm quite enjoying these single colour schemes which present a nice blank canvas for some gentle weathering which isn't usually visible on the more colourful subjects 

What a lovely Noop! Beautifully done, Paul!

Hi Zac. Photo's as usual show up all the flaws, but pleased with how it turned out overall 

[torbiorn]

A little (tiny!) beauty indeed. I wosh I had the patience to make bases like that, it hugely improves the impression over just standing on a shelf. I like how you represented the turnbuckles, looks very much correct to scale!

[PrzemoL]

A lovely tiny Nupe. Thanks for sharing.

[NigelR]

Well this one appeared out of nowhere! Lovely job as always, the overall finish is excellent and using those lovely aftermarket guns really helps lift the finished model. And of course, a really clever kitbash that you would not know is a kitbash. The base is great as well (you know I am a sucker for a nice base). Another little gem for the collection.

[DaddyO]

A little (tiny!) beauty indeed. I wosh I had the patience to make bases like that, it hugely improves the impression over just standing on a shelf. I like how you represented the turnbuckles, looks very much correct to scale!

Cheers Torbiorn.

I think the bases make such a difference when these little uns are displayed so always make something suitable. There's a photo in the datafile showing a line up of No6's Nieuports with a duck board in the foreground which thought would make a nice change from the usual scrubby grass field. There's a bunch of different materials used to get the mud/grass effect, but nothing unusual; pollyfilla shaped roughly which is painted and then the ground built up with ground up garden soil and compost mixed with pastel chalks and PVA. Extra layers of watered down gloss varnish and chalks to get the final effect before adding a mixture of very fine dyed sawdust in a mix of different colours.
The rigging is 1lb monofilament with turnbuckles added with paint (acrylic) as a last job.

Hope that helps

A lovely tiny Nupe. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers Prze 

Well this one appeared out of nowhere! Lovely job as always, the overall finish is excellent and using those lovely aftermarket guns really helps lift the finished model. And of course, a really clever kitbash that you would not know is a kitbash. The base is great as well (you know I am a sucker for a nice base). Another little gem for the collection.

Thanks Nigel. 
Got several little projects like this, part started, on the shelf and occasionally I'll have a look through them. Feels like a head start on the project if all the 'prep' work such as separating moving surfaces, adding control horns and sanding down has been done already. I'll usually reach for one when I'm blocked on the main build that I have going on . . .

[lone modeller]

What a lovely little conversion. The weatheringon the underside is truly impressive - very realistic and not overdone. The rigging and turnbuckles are also very good - Epeeman also uses the paint method and they really look the part.

Stephen.