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Academy 1/32 scale Nieuport 17 WW1 Centenary paint colors and detail set

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  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Colorado
Posted by StephenLawson on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:13 AM

From the Laws of Modeling 101, ". . .16.) The kit instructions may be very interesting, (especially concerning colour notations) but are 95 % of the time irrelevant. . ."

 

Stachel...unconfirmed by Armee means unconfirmed!!!!

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    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:53 AM

Check the paint guide in their instruction manual. It should give you a list of colors for that kit.

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Colorado
Posted by StephenLawson on Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:34 AM

http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=1621

 

Here is a bit of fun on the subject of Nieuport s and aluminum dope.



 

Stachel...unconfirmed by Armee means unconfirmed!!!!

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    April 2010
Posted by Theuns on Monday, June 8, 2015 12:46 PM

the alluminium was mixed into the clear dope to keep the UV light off the fabric and strech the life thereof.

Problem is that alluminium powder in nitrocelulose dope is extremely and very agressivley flamable. The Hindenberg shpws this clearly.

Theuns

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    October 2005
  • From: UK
Posted by antoni on Monday, June 8, 2015 10:05 AM

It is aluminium dope made by mixing aluminium powder with clear dope.

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    June 2012
Posted by Compressorman on Monday, June 8, 2015 9:29 AM

Not sure but some of the dope that they covered the canvas with was semi-metallic.

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    June 2015
Academy 1/32 scale Nieuport 17 WW1 Centenary paint colors and detail set
Posted by AV8R92 on Sunday, June 7, 2015 1:27 PM

I'm going to be buying this model come the 12 (payday)! But before I do I was wondering what I should do regarding painting the model. I found a picture of the instruction booklet here http://www.model-making.eu/products/NIEUPORT-17-First-World-War-Centenary.html and I noticed that its asking for aluminum and steel paint colors and if you look at the pictures, it shows the aircraft looking metallic. So should I ignore that color because it doesn't seem to be historical accurate considering that plane was canvas covered? If so, what do you think is a good substitution to give it that grey background? 

Ill be buying this model from here https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/Model_Aircraft/neiuport-17-wwi-centenary/ACD00012121/product.php?s=0&t=0&era=0,5&u=0#mce_temp_url# and I want to get the detail sets that are to the right of the page. Does anyone have suggestions on which ones? I want to get the gun but when it comes to the cockpit detail I'm not to sure.

Thanks for the help!

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