nungesser's nieuport roden 1/32

[Adam]

Your method of shading looks great, silver paint as well.

Adam.

[mc65]

thank you al, gents!
today was the day... ready for a lot of pics?

we start as usual, from the beginning, nay, from the tail:
tweaking the colors, and then masking the decals in place, although protected by a film of the future, driven to those result...
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s**it happens ... brush, patience, and eye.
oh, well. I re-adjusted the adjustable and masked again for postshading.
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and here we are.
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but, you will ask and wonder, also raising those tiny ribbons may weed out the color? the answer, my beautiful little fairies, is YES '. 
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but the model is suffering. ooooom.... where was the deep blue?




the bulk of the work was obviously not the tail, but the upper wing ... here it is. I'll put an uninterrupted and boring sequence of photos to explain, I hope you interest and can be useful.
first of all, after a future's coat, I masked all the wing and I reworked white, red and blue.
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and then I gave it another coat of clear matt. here it is, as expressive as nicholas cage...
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good. now in with tape, over and over again.
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then I gave it a coat of raw umber oil paint very diluted. I'm just beginning experimenting with this technique, I find it may give very interesting results, using the airbrush with oils.
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here we are. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmh... too dark on white.
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correction.
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zoom in.
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tired?
I add a gallery of various photos, little things made taking advantage of the airbrush dirt...
a round of transparent blue at the base of the cylinders ...
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smoke and dirt on the belly, where the motor let the exaust out.
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detail. I consider it a basis for further work with various effects.
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and an idea of ​​where we're going ...
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right? wrong? well...
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bye bye, p.

[uncletony]

 

[Ernie]

Paolo, I am in awe.  You have done wonders with the paint and decals!
Absolutely beautiful work.

Cheers,
Ernie

[RAGIII]

This one has really turned out spectacular! Your shading of the decals on the wings is Awesome!!
RAGIII

[coyotemagic]

Your shading, aluminum doped finish and decal work are superb, Paulo.  She's gonna be a stunner, my friend.
Cheers,
Bud

[Des]

Looking spectacular Paolo, watching your techniques with the shading and the weathering in very inspiring, well done.

Des.

[Adam]

Shading and dirt from the engine made ​​by you is great.
Soon I will  build that model, can I get a license for shading and soiling? 

Adam.

[rhallinger]

Stunning finish Paolo!  How did you match the paint to the decal colors so seamlessly?  Great work!

Regards,

Bob

[mc65]

eheheheh... 

I'm glad you like it, I am also fairly satisfied...
bob, the trick can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXHVs65NFQ

actually, I didn't match exactly the colors, but build up some different layers one over another until seam and  difference was not noticeable more! then, the oil colors mist sprayed on made the final curtain!

today I did some little advancing on this subject:
glued on all the last little things in the front top fuselage area (by the way, someone knows how was like the aiming system of the vickers?)
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and straightened up the pins for the last coupling.
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a last dry fit,
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and, also if seems that there are some tension on the whole, I trust in the bicomponent glue and in the fit of the pins.
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so, here we are. now -again- it's just a matter of waiting...
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cheers, p.

[uncletony]

by the way, someone knows how was like the aiming system of the vickers?

Hard to tell from the photos that exist of 1895 -- it might have had an Aldis? Most drawings show it without any sights at all.

[IFF1418]

Magnificent modeling Paolo. Your technique is amazing. A top build.

Kind regards
Patrick

[RAGIII]

Awesome work! I hope my 24bis turns out half as well!
RAGIII

[mgunns]

Hello Paolao:

Your paint work is very impressive.  It really dresses up a plain silver paint scheme and adds a lot of interest to the model.  It isn't overdone but very nicely done subtly accenting the underlying rib detail.  This is a very attractive and well done model.  Outstanding work all around.

Best

Mark

[Zabu]

Hi Paolo.

Very nice work with the Ni. The silver paint work it's impressive giving the model a great look averall. Awesome work.

Cheers