Nieuport Conversion.

StephenLawson

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October 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by StephenLawson on Saturday, August 15, 2015 2:46 PM

Here is the Nieuport 23 Conversion to a 24bis. The rotary is simulated powered up and I'll add the spinning prop next. Then a few figures.

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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by StephenLawson on Monday, August 3, 2015 9:27 PM

Here the Nieuport conversion to the 24bis continues. You see that its not going to be full aircraft build. I am also including scratchbuilt landing undercarriage.

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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by StephenLawson on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 1:41 AM

Here is my impression of a spinning rotary using a clear disc painted opaque metal plate on the back and various shades of translucent black and grime on the front. The front spinning streaks are done while the disc is attached to a dremel motor tool to get the spinning blur that occurs ith the rotary.

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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by StephenLawson on Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:13 PM

Thank you for your kind words. Its just plastic modeling "old school". You simply use a skin from plastic sheet stock with a ball point pen as a stylist.

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Toshi

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March 2015
From: Streetsboro, Ohio

Posted by Toshi on Friday, July 10, 2015 6:07 AM

That is a fantastic start, I don't know how you're able to come up with something like that. Amazing!

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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by StephenLawson on Friday, July 10, 2015 12:05 AM

Thank you DD. Drawings are from the Datafile on the Nieuport fighters. Windsock Pub. out of the UK. By Mr. Ray Rimell.

http://www.windsockdatafilespecials.co.uk/nieuport-fighters-volume-2-36-p.asp

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Devil Dawg

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March 2005
From: Lancaster, South Carolina

Posted by Devil Dawg on Thursday, July 9, 2015 9:14 PM

WOW, Mr. Lawson!! Very nice!! Where did you get those line drawings?

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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Nieuport Conversion.

Posted by StephenLawson on Thursday, July 9, 2015 8:18 PM

Ok, here is the deal. All of the 1/48 Nieuport 21bis - 27 rounded fuselage kits are OOP. So I either wait for one to come up at evil-bay or I act like a modeler and create my own. I am a graduate of the "Michael L Fritz" school of modeling and when scratch building or converting a subject I tend to build several examples to get one or two items.

Having said that I must also say that I am a graduate of the "Rudy Turner" school of think lazy. Quite simply, ". . .get the job done right but do it in the most common sense method possible. I chose to do a conversion and to start with an Eduard Nieuport 23. It is proportionally correct to hang the rounded fuselage dressings on. This is the basis of the real original Nieuport 21bis & 24 prototypes. The tailskid housing was deleted on the type 27. So here is my first attempt.