DaddyO Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Morning all Managed to complete this one last night which was the first one of a pair I've been working on (see thread Another attempt at a Nieuport) Basically I started this one last year and made a pigs ear of the finishing so it was broken up and used as a test model. Whilst working on the second version I decided to resurrect it and sanded all the finish down, re-primed and rebuilt using some aftermarket decals. A few added details such as pipes and wheel hubs, but otherwise as Mr Eduard intended (I did carve a wooden prop from laminations of plywood though) 😉 Here's a few pics to look at - For anyone who wasn't aware and thought the prancing horse looked familiar. . . . Enzo approached the family of Count Baracca (who's aircraft this is) and asked if he could use the horse as his emblem on the cars he was building 🙂 I thought the story was cool and so chose this scheme rather than one of the others on the decal sheet; after all I've still got a couple of Nieuport 23's on the shelf (which is basically the same aircraft with a few tweaks) so I could always build another one . . . after these two) Todlepip Paul 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Excellent work on your N17, Paul - Well rigged too. I also like your choice of Italian markings for one of Barraca's machines. Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyO Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Epeeman said: Excellent work on your N17, Paul - Well rigged too. I also like your choice of Italian markings for one of Barraca's machines. Regards Dave Thanks Dave (There was a practical reason for the choice in that I couldn't match the green of the Italian roundel transfers on the Print Scale decal sheet - so win, win) 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Very neat work! It looks a lot bigger than the coin suggests… Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Very nice, just the right amount of weathering in my book. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyO Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Very neat work! It looks a lot bigger than the coin suggests… Kind regards, Joachim Cheers Joachim, appreciate it 👍 5 minutes ago, Courageous said: Very nice, just the right amount of weathering in my book. Stuart Thanks Stuart I'm always wary of overdoing it so decided to stop before I thought I'd done enough (I can always add more, but it's a devil to take off) 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Beautiful work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACALAIN Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 14/08/2022 at 11:02, DaddyO said: Morning all Managed to complete this one last night which was the first one of a pair I've been working on (see thread Another attempt at a Nieuport) Basically I started this one last year and made a pigs ear of the finishing so it was broken up and used as a test model. Whilst working on the second version I decided to resurrect it and sanded all the finish down, re-primed and rebuilt using some aftermarket decals. A few added details such as pipes and wheel hubs, but otherwise as Mr Eduard intended (I did carve a wooden prop from laminations of plywood though) 😉 Here's a few pics to look at - For anyone who wasn't aware and thought the prancing horse looked familiar. . . . Enzo approached the family of Count Baracca (who's aircraft this is) and asked if he could use the horse as his emblem on the cars he was building 🙂 I thought the story was cool and so chose this scheme rather than one of the others on the decal sheet; after all I've still got a couple of Nieuport 23's on the shelf (which is basically the same aircraft with a few tweaks) so I could always build another one . . . after these two) Todlepip Paul Nice little thing. Alain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 What a little beauty ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyO Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 3 hours ago, MACALAIN said: Nice little thing. Alain 1 hour ago, Wulfman said: What a little beauty ! Wulfman Thank you both gents 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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