Tomoshenko Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 That Alclad microfiller primer is really good stuff. Ultra thin. Worrying about that errant ball bearing though. I like to give the bottle a good shake - literally to industrial standards, so I'll watch out for potential pugilistic ball bearings. Looking good by the way despite the tribulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Thanks Tom! I've pressed on and alcladded the metal bits of the nose; next to do the wood top portion of the forward fuselage, and then on to figuring out how on earth I'll paint those black seams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Okay. So since the Nie.10 has - and this time I'm dead cert, as Dick Francis, whose trashy novels were beloved by my sainted mother, might say, dead cert that it really was - a wood upperbit, like those sweeeet station wagons the Beach Boys drove around California, a state I've never been to, I painted that next. WHICH WAS DUMB, becauuuuuuse, since I used oils to give it the grain, I now have to wait until it dries, which can take two days...I'll be old then! Once the oils dry, I'll go over them with clear yellow or orange, as the spirit moves me. Until then, what? I'm getting a little tired of biplanes, I know, perish the thought. But I haven't built a Phantom yet this year, and it's eating me alive. Until then, check out this alclad. Looks nice, doesn't it: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 that's nice really nice Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Looking good! I don't usually bother with oils in this scale - a pale tan base followed by a not-stirred-properly Leather brushed over it usually works pretty well for me.... Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 I'm regretting it right now myself right now, as I just applied the Tamiya Clear Yellow, and it began cracking immediately! ARRRRGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 The cowling (which is surplus from the Eduard Nieuport kit, and far superior to the one in the HR kit) isn't attached yet, I'm just seeing how it looks. Poor research and a paucity of easily-accessible sources have bedviled me on this build; the part of the underbelly that I thought was metal is actually wood and will need a repaint. Behind the a/c, you can see some of the wide array of stores carried by these early Nieuports; the BL755 was particularly feared by the Germans during Ypres. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Looking nice keep going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastvader Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 As Darren says; great stuff. I can't get over how tiny these 72nd kits are. Too small for me certainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Some more progress. Apparently, going by the instructions, this aircraft had roundels with smaller centres on both the the upper and lower positions on one side of the main wing. I think it looks weird, but there you have it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Apparently, going by the instructions, this aircraft had roundels with smaller centres on both the the upper and lower positions on one side of the main wing. I think it looks weird, but there you have it. The odd roundels certainly make you look twice. I wonder what the rationale behind it was? Looking very nice though. Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Well heck, apparently that's not an error, either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Nice catch with the roundels - looking real good there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thanks, Cookie! Now I need to figure out how to do the black lines on the fuselage corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Nice work looks like a good masking job coming up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Bango bongo, the wings they on go. Tortured rhyme! Like all Newps, very minimal wing rigging (wigging?), less even than on the Nie.17. A note to future builders (including Future Me, as I have another) the wings have to be glued in stages; I did the front center section, then the rear center section, then the front of one side, then the back of the same side, and so on. I still need to rig the tail, paint and add the gear, paint and add the prop, and paint and add the machinegun. Almost there. Phantom for scale: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 She's looking pretty, PC Did you come to any conclusion about how to do the black 'framing' around the edges of the fuselage? Xtradecal do a fairly cheap set of black decal stripes, I don't know if they would suit your purposes; the only other option I can think of involves industrial quantities of masking tape Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Oh gosh! I didn't even think of decal strip! Damme, that's genius, but I've already applied a semi-gloss coat. Roll out the masking tape, I guess. I KNEW I was forgetting something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Ha, as always my genius emerges long after it would have been useful For what it's worth, I would have gone with masking tape, cutting those little strips of decal to the right size and applying them correctly would have probably have given me some sort of mental trauma Good luck mate, Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I think I would go with the tape personally decal strips don't sit well with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 It's looking great PC, and it looks so tiny next to the Phantom. Very cool Phantom by the way (Tiger Phantom!) - is it the Fujimi kit? You could just mask a little and brush the black on. Black is probably one of the easiest colors to brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 It is indeed the Fujimi Phantom, one of my favorite kits to build; the 74 Squadron sheet FGR.2 is irritatingly in possession of totally nonstandard stencils, and for instance, the "RESCUE" arrow on the port side of the nose had to be bodged together by cutting out the "RETTUNG" from a Revell Tornado stencil, then caaaaaarefully attaching the back of the arrow to the remainder of the front. Other stencils appear to be for the camo scheme despite the jet being very definitely in the later lo-vis scheme, e.g. the fire access (I think?) ports, which are squared by pale pink on the normal stencils for lo-vis and bright cherry red on this aircraft. Taxing, because I'm using an Airdecal RAF Phantoms in Germany sheet, as the Fujimi decals are utterly worthless. So there's a lot of referring to photos. But I digress. I'm thinking of brushing the black myself. I'm just worried about a masking failure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Masking the fuselage and handpainting didn't work as well as I'd intended, so I tried a different method on the wings, using a specialized tool of my own devising: I cut a little groove in a sharpie and simply stuck the leading edge in the groove and slowly moved the sharpie along the wing. It turned out okay. Looks better from further away. At this point I'm in full-on I-don't-care-any-more-let's-just-wrap-this-one-up mode. Not a bad kit, but perhaps a biplane too far. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Looks good from here PC, but I understand how you might be feeling; three bipes in a row seems like it could be a bit of a trial Still, you are nearly there Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Looks good from where I'm sitting mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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