Ok, here's a bit of an update as promised. The Nieuport is starting to
look a little more like an aeroplane now. I had originally painted the area
from the cockpit forward with Alclad Duraluminum, but it didn't look quite
right...too dark a shade compared to the rest of the fuselage, so I decided
to paint the whole fuselage with a couple coats of Alclad semi-matt Aluminum
to hopefully blend everything together. The outcome is pretty much what I was
looking for, thank goodness!
The cowling I left the Duraluminum colour.
The wings were attached with Tamiya Extra Thin cement as well as thin CA, so hopefully
that should hold them. From measuring drawings, I figured that the dihedral was about
3 degrees.
I'm pleased that you can see the instruments when looking from behind the cockpit...so all
that work was not all for naught.
Apologies for the shadow in the photo!
I am still fighting the decal wars...the black flash behind the cockpit decal was totally useless,
as it would not adhere to the curves, so I ended up painting it with Tamiya semi-gloss black.
I think I will have to paint the fuselage with a clear coat to hide the carrier film from the
decals on the sides. They are quite evident as the light changes. Ho-hum! Nothing new there.
So that is where we sit at the present time. Today, I am planning to start cementing the anchor
eyelets for the rigging into the wings and hopefully get some of the tail rigging finished.
Thanks for looking.
Comments and advice gratefully received
Cheers,
Ernie
