Hi All,
I've been a bit absent from here lately (althogh I do peek in now and again) Mostly to do with the fact that I'm getting busy serching for new employment. But building has not been at a standtill either – and I've been concentrating on my DH2, leaving the started Nieuports a bit on the backburner.
I'm also hoping that the Hansa I ordered round X-mas is winding its way over here (though I have not had a shippment notice from WNW as yet?). I am planning to build this one as a small vignette by the sea, after some nice images I saw from the Zeebrugge station... But thats another story
The project in hand is coming along – the narcelle is more or less finished. It needs some more filing and filling on the outside, also mating it to the lower wing.
I had a lot of fun connecting all the fuel lines and wires inboard, creating a pretty busy inside look that I was after, with one of the sides removed...
Here are some pics of where I am at the momnet:
Everything internally in place and the lower bit of the outer shell in place. I dressed the lower part of the fueltank in a teabag (tip via Larsa I think) to simulate the canvas safety bag. It may have ended lookin a bit too loose – but I think it's OK...
The Linnen side – CDL on one side, with some staining towards the engine, and PC 10 on the outerside. In the end I used aluminium tape (for insulating heatducts) that I taped onto plain food foil. This gave a good base that was a bit thinner than led from a wine bottle – but behaved in a similar manner so to speak. I used all sorts of tools to get the folds and creases. The lacing is from Eduards etchset, which came in very handy here.
All together now....
The pre-printed dials from the Eduard set were pretty poor looking, and out of register – so I ended up using some decals from the spares box for much of the intruments instead.
Lower wings. I did some masking of the ribtapes after basepainting, then oversprayed with a darker tone. Not to show so much interior structure, but rather to show the subtle variation of the ribtapes, catching highlights on the upperside and the overlaying effect on the lower.
Well that's it for the time beeing – next job will be to mate the narcelle with the wings, then some filling, and final coats of paint – then we're almost at the rigging stage of this bird Ah Oh...
As usual any and all comments and hints are most welcome.
Thank You for looking!
Mikael
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