Well time for an update of my little Nieuports. Man 1/72 photoetch is tiny, have to be extra careful of the carpet monster. Building this two little ladies in tandem, helps when doing messy steps with oils to only have to clean up once. Here is the kit:
Got a good preview of this build by doing a bagged Ni 17 also by Eduard, same molds and all. Here are the goodies when I opened her up:
I'll use my trusty penny for a size reference. Here is the fuesalge half with Mr. Lincoln.
The basic kit has the detail molded on. It is perfectly acceptable, and will mostly not be seen....however where is the fun in THAT?! So time to use some of the PE. First step is to cut/sand off the detail shown here. One half is done and primed to show more sanding to be done the other remains to be done.
The next step was to build the seats, rudder pedals and control stick. I used the PE seats which involved bending the backs into a half circle and folding up the PE seat base. Hard to describe but the result was well worth it. Rudder pedals were cut off plastic and PE ones attached, pretty vanilla to do. Finally control stick put in. The wood was also done at this time, and it seems to have come out well. It is wood MM acrylic base with multi colored brownish oils over the top. I streaked the oils until desired effect came out. Did all the wood in the cockpits at the same time as this is messy, slow and must dry for awhile before any handling. Here are some shots of the results:
Seats also have PE seatbelts. I will give it a dark wash (probably raw umber) once it is totally dry. Think Abe likes em.
Hard to really see the wood at this size without being there in person, but oh well.
All this is missing is one dark wash and a little semi gloss to hide that little bit of glue "shine". I'll do that after I add the PE detail to the fuesalge walls, but that will be another post. Thanks for reading.
Andrew