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I dug my one and only World War One build out of the cabinet back in February, and thought, what the heck, take some pics of the old girl. It has never been photographed before, and it looks pretty rough in many ways. It is the ancient Testors kit of the Nieuport Type 17 C.1 sesqui-plane built probably around 1994 or so. It has my first attempt at rigging, using fine guitar string. I did scratch-build an entire cockpit, including sidewalls,floor, headrest and instrument panel. The exhaust is drilled out solder and I added some oil filler caps. The bungee cord shock absorbers are thread coated with thinned white glue. I also made the elevator horns and added the control cables, again from fine wire. The gun sight ring is copper wire.I believe the paint is Floquil Old Silver and the engine cowl is probably Humbrol polished aluminum (just can't recall for sure). The cockpit sidewalls are painted in some linen enamel. I used the kit decals. That pilot figure is probably 55 years old at least and originally came with the old Aurora Spad, iirc. I added him just to give a sense of scale and of course he still wears the paint job I gave him all those years ago.The base is something I threw together after I got home from work. I'm using our new Nikon D3300 and don't really know what I'm doing, lol. I experimented with the macro mode and automatic and one can see why I usually take my pics outdoors. None of these are that great but I had fun shooting them. With a bit of trepidation, I hope you take a look...just not too close!Gary
"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"
Oh wow, you built that in 1994? That was 22 years ago and it looks fantastic sir. What a great finish and your scratch build is awesome. I especially like the rigging!
Toshi
P.S. BTW, you did good with your new camera. Nice photo shoot.
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Thanks for those generous compliments Toshi! I'm glad you enjoyed the pics, thanks for commenting.
Gary
There's something very appealing about the bi and tri planes of that era and your build certainly confirms that sentiment. And now I have to check out the Nikon.
"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"
Ah, she looks great! Nice job on the rigging, always a major problem at least for me. I like the shot on the dirt road #7, looks to be from the past!
Max
"I like the shot on the dirt road #7, looks to be from the past!"
Thanks gents! Much appreciated for sure. Max, I had thought that as well, sort of a "sunrise on the Western Front" scene. Many thanks for the kind comments!
I don't know, guys, she looks good to me
mississippivol I don't know, guys, she looks good to me
Thanks Glenn! I'm glad to hear that!!
I think your model looks better than my Eduard ProfiPACK kit of the same aircraft.
Nice job!
Mike
Hector Berlioz
She's a beauty, Tex.
No bucks, no Buck Rogers
1943Mike I think your model looks better than my Eduard ProfiPACK kit of the same aircraft. Nice job!
Mike, that is so nice of you to say! But, your Nieuport looks really great. Wouldn't they look good, posed together? Thanks Mike!
allan She's a beauty, Tex.
Thanks for that allan! I'd love to tackle another WWI build, but my eyes and hands aren't what they were 20+ years ago. My only other bi-plane, an old Impact/Lindberg Fury Mk I, built just after the Nieuport, suffered a bad accident last spring. A heavy resin kit fell on it and knocked off every single piece of rigging! I have all the pieces but am a bit nervous about the refit.
Hawker Fury I before:
after the "accident":
All I had wanted to do with the Fury was improve the radio aerials. I never liked how they looked and had removed them. I even redid them one evening almost to completion before I screwed them up. The plane, taped to the box as you see, was just waiting on another session to fix the radio wires. Now? I dunno when she'll look right again, if ever!
The culprit in the fall? This bad-boy, the Ferrari Pan Americana:
Love her Tex, super job there. The silver dope look is perfect.
And your's ain't half bad either Mike
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Gamera Love her Tex, super job there. The silver dope look is perfect. And your's ain't half bad either Mike
Thanks brother! I sure appreciate the kind words, and I'm glad you like her. High praise from a modeler like yourself!
Yeah, I like Mike's 17 too!
With Max' comments about this pic in mind, and since Photobucket was back up, I played around with that image some. It was fun to experiment with PB's settings a little. Here are the results:
black and white
"hand-tinted"
sepia
Okay, which one looks the most like a genuine "old photo"?
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