Hi everyone,

This thread will be a complete review and build log of the 1/72 Eduard Weekend Edition Of Georges Guynemer's Nieuport Ni-17. Here are pictures of what's in the kit.



Two sprues.............




One clear part for the wind screen.................



A decal sheet....................



And a four page instruction booklet...........





Mark

Will be following this one as well Mark , still have one on the bench about 3/4 done . I did manage to lose the front cab struts for it though .

Thanks Terri. This looks like a fun little build. I'm going to go through it step by step and keep it OOB and I'll stick pretty much with the kit instructions on how to paint the parts.

Here is the first step of the build.




I've painted the cockpit interior and picked out some detail with silver and a dark wash.





The fuselage went together well with no fit problems. There are two parts for the engine.



Engine Front and Back.............




The cowling has a raised edge around the outer lip and it is connected there on two sides to the sprue.



With a little careful cutting you can remove the srue nub and retain the edge.



The control cables for the elevator go trough the horizontal stabilizers on the tail. I drilled them out with a small drill bit then cleaned them up with a knife and small file.





The next set of instructions call for the tail, lower wing, engine, cowling and guns to be installed. I also drilled out the control cable holes in the fuselage.




I'll need to do some painting before I put any more together. There is a part to insert into the center of the top wing.




Everything fits great so far. That's it for now.

More soon,

Mark

Excellect so far Mark . These little guys make a nice simple build with fair detail to them .

Looking forward to seeing this one progress ........

Thanks Terri. It is a fun little build. Here is the fusealge and wing painted.......




And here are the struts, gun and windscreen installed...............






Mark

Very nice painting Mark . Colours look good . How did you find the fit off the lower wing .
My was a very tight fit , which isn't a bad thing - this will make a very strong join .

Question though , Is Eduards profile for the painting correct ? Wasn't the rear wing also having a top coat of camo ?

Terri,

You could be right, I'm not sure. I don't have many references for the Nieuports. The only photograph of the aircraft I have comes from "French Aircraft of WW1"......



As you can see, there is no way to tell. Perhaps someone out there has a better picture or reference they could post here. Please feel free. I'm happy to have all the help I can get.

Mark

Here is a bit of fun on the subject of Nieuport types. I believe that Guynemer was assigned 1530 & 1531?

Nieuport Pages

And some References:
Aircraft Designations (French) submitted by P. Grosz, Cross & Cockade USA Vol.25, #2, Pp.112-115, 1984.
French aircraft of the first World War by Davilla & Soltan, Flying Machines Press, 1997.
Markings of the Lafayette Escadrille by B. Alexander, W. Michigan IPMS News 1976.
Nieuport 17 by C.F. Andrews, Profile #49, Profile Pub. 1965.
Nieuport Aces By N. Franks, Osprey, Aircraft of the Aces #33, 2000.
Nieuport Fighters of WWI by J.M.Bruce, Osprey, Vintage Warbirds #10, 1993.
Nieuport Fighters Vol 1 by J.M. Bruce, Windsock Datafile Special, Albatros Pub. 1993.
Nieuport Fighters Vol 2 by R. Rimell, Windsock Datafile Special, Albatros Pub. 1994.
Nieuport Vee Strutters by S. Nelsen, Cross & Cockade USA, Vol.7, #3,Pp.237-253. 1966.
Nieuport Vee Str. Errata & Addenda, Cross & Cockade USA Vol.12,#2, Pp.189-190. 1971.
Pere’ Dorme- The Quiet Stork by D. Reeves, IPMS Journal date unknown.

How is the build review coming a long Mark ?

Terri,

Hi Terri,

I just got my paint in for the rest of the build this week. I ran out of brown for the upper wing and I didn't want to use a different color. I have enough paint now and in my soon to arrive backorder to keep me in paint for a while.


Mark

Howdy,

There is an excellent article in the "Wind-Sock Special 20th Anniversary Edition! (1985-2005)"
concerning the 1/72 Revell Nieuport 17 and this particular mount of Guynemeyer. It shows two views from the rear including the uncamo'd tail. It also makes the argument that maybe the upper surfaces of the wings were CDL outlined in white. Well worth getting.

Brian James Riedel

Thanks for the heads up on that article, Brian.

Here is the top wing painted and wing rigging and undercarriage rigging finished. I'll need to retouch the paint where the rigging lines come out of the top of the wing. I also got the rudder decaled.





Mark

Thanks my friend !

Wonderful jod on this little guy so far ! I like how you are keeping this build simple right out of the box . Nice to see this once and while with out all the extra's ( not that there is anything wrong with that )

Thanks Stephen for the list of ref's to look for . I just pick up the new Over the Front , the spotted cow camo is kinda cool !

And thank-you Brain as well . I will be looking into it

Hi everyone,

Here are the final build pictures for the Nieuport. A virus killed my home computer and I lost the build pictures. Questions are welcomed.










Mark

Very well done Mark !

Do you feel that the alum dope is to bright ? Would adding a lttle grey into would bring it into a more scale apperance ?

I look forward to your next little project

Great work, Mark. I really enjoyed following this build/review. I find these 1/72 bi-planes to be pesky beasts to tame, but...you make it look almost easy.

Cheers,
Mike

Thanks Mike, you're right, they can be a little tricky if you are not used to the scale (like me).

Terri, thanks, the silver turned out a little more "silver" than I wanted. I usually add Dullcote to the silver and it makes it a little more grey in appearance. I forgot to add it to the paint this time.

Mark

Nice little build there. I have this in 1/48th. After working on these 1/32nd kits 1/48 looks tiny! I have yet to break spru on an Eduard kit and I have a stash worth of them. 1/72nd is way to small for these eyes. Good job, I like it.

Magnificent job Mark, great precision. Hard to believe this is 1:72...

Thanks everyone,

Here's the last set of pictures I promised to Jean-Luc. Thanks for allowing me to do thereview.














Mark

Very cool build Mark! Nicely done.

Thanks Stephen, glad to help out.

Mark