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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #60 on: April 05, 2025, 08:49:19 AM »
Thank You very much ladies and gentlemen.

I finally decided to go with the lighter blue decals. Edgar offered me to add a new decal sheet to my next order (need one or two motorcycles), but I want to finish this project in April (four months for a model is fast for me although Nigel and Joerg have finished their Nieuport long ago).

The 3D printed engine is a piece of art that falls together. The cylinders  would fit without glue (which I used in very small amounts). It is all in all the best 1:32 scale engine that I have ever had in my hands.


And it is a biplane finally. The upper wing fit is excellent like everywhere on this kit. But with a Nieuport I never have had huge problems to fit the upper wing, even with the 1:72 Toko kit.
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #61 on: April 05, 2025, 09:41:44 AM »
Awesome work Andreas! The engine looks terrific, and the lighter decals are fine in My opinion!
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #62 on: April 05, 2025, 04:00:40 PM »
I really like how this is shaping up , truly magnificent work !


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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #63 on: April 07, 2025, 06:30:23 AM »
Hi Andreas how are you!
I arrrived when you finish your model, I like it very much!
For the cat and the moon,  you choose the right shade for sure...
If sky were dark, it wouldn't be so much contrast etween the sky and the cat...



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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #64 on: April 07, 2025, 06:59:34 AM »
Beautiful work. The Bebe is a really beautiful plane. Your execution looks great.
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #65 on: April 07, 2025, 05:33:39 PM »
It does look amazing already! Love the weathering and colors  ;D
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #66 on: April 07, 2025, 05:59:37 PM »
I think she is looking good Andreas, and you have some documentary evidence that your "mistake" ended up being the right choice!
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #67 on: April 08, 2025, 01:39:02 AM »
Looks very good, Andreas. Nice weathering and shading, excellent

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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #68 on: April 08, 2025, 06:26:05 AM »
Beautiful work!

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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #69 on: April 09, 2025, 11:02:26 AM »
I can only echo what the others have said. Beautiful work so far.
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #70 on: April 13, 2025, 04:17:02 PM »
Thank you very much,  Rick, Alexis, Xan, Boch, Angryjazz, Nigel, Joerg, Warren and Zac!

Xan, great that you look by! This picture is of great value, as it does not only show that Navarre sat in each and every Nieuport he could find on the Verdun front at any time  ;D, it actually might confirm that the cat-on-the-moon may have had a lighter blue background. And it shows some other very interesting details of N.552. So many thanks for sharing!

Nigel, so true. It is great if errors end up being probably exactly the right thing. But that is in fact a very rare experience for me. . .

I have finished the rigging and sadly realized that I am running out of Bob Buckles pre-cut brass pipe. For my next projects I will have to cut my own. . .
Last step for me is the installation of the upper wing machine gun.

Here it is the only place where for me the kit part is somewhat oversimplified. I drilled the lightening holes into the support structure and decided to detail the two half-circled clamps that hold the machine gun barrel in place a little more. That destroyed the kit supplied Lewis gun which is very nice, but could easily be replaced by one from Gaspatch.






Here I have no idea how the clamps kept the gun in place. I have not found and photos yet. Surely they used some sort of spacers.
Obviously I have to rework the blue lines where both upper wing halves meet  >:(

Edit: OK, - - after looking closer at my pictures when posted - - can you spot the difference between the actual machine gun installation of N.552 and the kit part?  I do now. . . There is still more work to do.  :o

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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #71 on: April 14, 2025, 07:16:48 AM »

A closer look at xans photo shows three interesting details:
1) N.552 had a rear mirror on the right interplane strut next to the windscreen
2) The trigger cable of the Lewis MG run down in a slope and entered the fuselage where the right aileron rod enters the fuselage
3) The machine gun mounting was put back by a small vertikal bar. That differs from the kit part and the reference photo in the instructions.

So Conditional clause III: If I would have had a sharper eye on this photo and would have realized 3) earlier, I had not had placed the fastenings for the half circled barrel mounting so close to the front edge of the upper wing.
When I replicated the gun mounting according to xans photo, of course the difference between the mounting holding the barrel and the one holding the machine gun before its ammo drum became too wide for a 1:32 Lewis MG.
You can see this on the photo. But I will leave it as it is. Otherwise I would have to remove the two rectangular blue fastenings on the top wing, sand this place and repaint this part of the upper wing. It would almost certainly be visible afterwards. Therefore conditional III. . .




Here you can see my replication of 1) and 2). The rear mirror was part of a 3D-printed set from CSM I had ordered with the kit. It fit perfectly the mirror of the photo. The trigger cable is 0.5 mm lead wire.

And having done some minor touch-ups here and there I am calling this model done. One exemption: I am still waiting for a new >Molotow< chrome pen to paint the rear mirror. I cannot find my old one. . .






















This is a wonderful kit and it was a pure pleasure to build. Of course I shot myself in the foot here and there, but this was all my fault.
I will post more photos in the >Completed< section when I have finished a base for the model.

Having the >late< Version of this kit in the stash I am eagerly awaiting the release of other version like an Italian one or the later Nieuport XVI.
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #72 on: April 14, 2025, 11:36:33 AM »
Wonderful Nieuport!

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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #73 on: April 14, 2025, 04:42:08 PM »
A great model, Andreas! I particularly liked the weathering of the wings. I'm already looking forward to the table top.
Greetings
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Re: A third Nieuport XI, Copper State Models, 1:32
« Reply #74 on: April 14, 2025, 06:39:34 PM »
Excellent work on the machine gun mounting Andreas, really good research and clever modelling, The finished plane looks superb, I really like the yellowy/cream colour you used. Very nice work all round.
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