Bughunter Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Some days ago Sandbagger shows his Nieuport 11, something I can show here too. This one was flown by Turenne. This was my last finished model 2016. The base of this build was the Eduard weekend edition, but I added the offered PE set and used the precut mask set too. The engine is again a kit from Small Stuff, Gaspatch provided metal turnbuckles and the resin Lewis. The struts, air screw and skid assembly are self made from different kind of wood. The painting was done with Alclad and Gunze, some oils are used for weathering. I hope you will like it, Frank The view from below with real metal plate on the front: Some details, here engine, brass fuel cap and wooden prop: The engine on a 1 Euro Cent coin: And the mentioned wooden/metal skid assembly. The flat spring is from a cordless mouse, because it has to carry the whole model. 49 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 superbly made, and is a joy to look at. very colourful and so well painted and the detail is so sweet 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Very impressive!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Beautiful aircraft ! Fantastic job on it! You just can think it is ready to take off in front of you. Such a realistic finish is quite unbelievable. Congratulations for such a fantastic work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Beautiful little model. Excellently built and painted. Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Just when I thought that the Eduard Nieuport 11 couldn't be improved... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Awesome! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Nezumi Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Very impressive details! Superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 excellent work! admire you guys who can do a rigging with turnbuckles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 (edited) Absolutely amazing. I've got the Nieuport 17 on the go. It will be my first attempt at rigging so I think putting turnbuckles on might be a step too far out of my comfort zone. Pete Edited May 7, 2017 by Buzby061 Spellung 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I am really impressed - just wow, Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmarchal Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 very nice build and lovely colour scheme, very well done. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 That's outstanding model making Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Beautiful work, very impressive! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possibly Apocryphal Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 That's just stunning! I love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 looks great, nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bughunter Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Thank you very much! I like that sweet little biplane too, Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 That is a very striking colour scheme extremely well executed. The propellor and tail skid are gems in thier own right. Those Small Stuff engines are truly superb as shown on your model. Just first class in every way. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Waooh! I am very impressed by your work on this build. Is there a step by step thread dedicated to it? If no, I would like to know how you made these incredible turnbuckles. The wood parts are amazing too (rear « tail wheel », propeller) and the general level of realism is exceptional. Thank you in advance and congrats again!! Olivier 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzhamer Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 An exquisite and beautiful model, thumbs up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 To me, the engine alone is a work of art. Beautifully done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Man, oh man. First my flabber was gasted; then my gob got smacked! That is a beautiful, and incredibly well made model! Just fantastic in every regard, thanks for sharing your art with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bughunter Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 At first thank you Olivier, to get this Nieuport of my older builds to the top page! Here are so many great models, that a single one lost easily. And thank you to all the others for your nice words! 12 hours ago, Olivier de St Raph said: Is there a step by step thread dedicated to it? This build was done 4 years ago and I wrote also a detailed log as for all my builds, but at that time only in german language (may be a online translator helps): https://www.modellboard.net/index.php?topic=56389.0 For my newer builds there are also build reports in english on forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com 12 hours ago, Olivier de St Raph said: I would like to know how you made these incredible turnbuckles. Since then I learned a lot, but I used already there the 1/48 metal turnbuckles from gaspatchmodels.com (Greece). I like them a lot, only the solution for the british biplanes using RAF wires is not usable for me. Here I developed a own solution from scratch, used on my masterpiece (in my personal view) until now: Adding parts created from wood and metal brings a lot of life to my models. Which reminds me to add some detail pictures to my latest build from this year, a Sopwith Schneider as Monaco Racer with real wooden floats. See you in the neighbor thread I hope at least some of your questions are answered? Cheers, Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally Mad Olivier Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Thanks a lot, Franck! I have ordered the turnbuckles from Gaspatch (chosen the One-end type as there are several ones). I am really impressed by the wonderful wooden made parts. can you explain me how you did that please? I have built a 1st version of this Eduard kit, following step by step the Juan Manuel Villalba's one (in the french "Guide du maquettisme aéronautique", Histoire et collections, 2011). You will notice that the rosettes are represented both sides, trying to get a transparency effect through the linen. In reality, I don't think that they were visible like that but it was an interesting challenge to try giving such an effect. But, aware that this version may be improved (especially the rigging), I have made research of documents (it is doing so that I fell on your amazing build) and I intend to build a 2nd version, that should be a little better (I hope) than this one. ATB Olivier N.B: I noticed that I forgot the rigging behind the radiator case. I am gonna add them on this version as soon as I get the Gaspatch turnbuckles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Lovely build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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