Eduard Nieuport 11

[jessie_c]

It having been far too long since I did anything here, it's time to share a build with the good folk herein. This is Eduard's Nie. 11 being built for a group build over on Aeroscale.
Are we seated comfortably? Then I'll begin.

[jessie_c]

Et voilà, here is the Eduard 1/48 Nieuport 11. This is a lovely kit and ought to present no problems for a fast assembly.
 
 

[jessie_c]

I've got the interior wood grain done.
The seat's drilled out and awaiting a Milliput seat cushion once the oil paint is dry
 
And the plywood grain is on the interior side walls and floor
 

[jessie_c]

Now that the oil paint has dried I can get a little more work done. I've sculpted a Milliput seat cushion, assembled the engine, and outlined the fuselage members with slivers of brown painted decal trim film.
 
I didn't bother with a picture, but I've got blue-grey paint on all the metal bits which will live in the cockpit.

[jessie_c]

A nice dark wash makes the details pop.
 
(Okay, I cheated a bit in this series of posts. I actually started work on this kit two weeks ago, but since watching paint dry for two weeks is actually quite boring, I've compressed the timeline a bit. Too bad that we're all caught up now and I can't do that anymore.)

[LindsayT]

I haven't seen this one built before. Thanks for sharing.

Lindsay

[Ernie]

Good choice, Jessie.  The bebe is a great little aeroplane.  As with Lindsay, I haven't seen
it built before...about time, so thank you for bringing it to us.  Great start.  I'll be looking
for more updates.

Cheers,
Ernie

[coyotemagic]

It's good to see you back here, Jessie!  Great start on an excellent kit.  I built this one about a year ago and enjoyed it so much, I bought two more (well, actually one is a Nie.16).  I look forward to watching yours come together.
Cheers,
Bud

[jessie_c]

Here's an interesting camouflage question. From the two photos someone on another forum pointed out, there seems to be something of a mystery about the edge taping on the flying surfaces. The photo taken from behind the aircraft clearly shows that the edge taping was much lighter than the upper surface colours yet the one taken from ahead shows just as clearly that they're darker than the undersurface fabric, which has been established as clear doped linen.

What colour is darker than clear doped linen yet lighter than green and khaki camouflage?

[uncletony]

What colour is darker than clear doped linen yet lighter than green and khaki camouflage?

weellll, not taking into account the effect of ortho film, here's a simple experiment that shows it could be a medium shade...

[jessie_c]

That's what I've been thinking. I'm probably going to go with something like Tamiya's Buff, which is toward the bottom range of your smaller square.

[Gilly]

Looking forward to watching your excellent work Jessie. I am sure I have one of these in the to do cupboard and seeing this you have helped narrow down my decision as what to do next  .

[jessie_c]

I made major progress today. Here's the cockpit looking busy. The only aftermarket parts are a set of Eduard French seat belts and the aforementioned Milliput seat cushion. Everything else is straight out of the box
 
I added that little shelf behind the seat to block the view of the fuselage seam.
 
Nothing much happening inside the left fuselage half
 
Ready to close up
 
A little glue, lower wings and tailplanes later and we have an airplane happening!
 

[Ernie]

Good job on the build, Jessie.  Looking forward to the next update.
Thanks for sharing with us.

Cheers,
Ernie

[Dal Gavan]

That's coming along nicely, Jessie.  Will you be doing the box-top scheme?

Welcome back.

Dal.