This will a build review of Rodens new kit on the N-24bis . It's always a treat to build in this scale when I can ( they are just so cute ! ) The build will be out of the box with a few details added here and there .

Stephen has done a excellent in box review on the kit already , so I will not get into it here . The review can be seen here.











more to follow soon .........................

Work started with painting up the cockpit in preparation for the wood graining .

There are two injector pin makes on Part 9B ( heel skid plates for the rudder bar ) which will need to be filled with some care sanding afterwards . These are in a awkward place and one might feel better on scratching a new .

Not overly to happy with how the cowl is mouned in two halves . The front part # 3A over laps the rear portion part # 21A and will need sanding to get her smooth with the rest . One will also have to check their refs . After studing pic's in the datafile and coloured profiles . There is panel line on where these two parts meet , while others did not .

The last pic in the upon post is the spuce which comes in Rodens camel kit . This does come in the N-24 kit as pointed out in Stephen's review . Only parts used off of this is parts # 31K , engine , 11K , 23K , 15K for mounting the engine to the firewall . And the vicker guns . The rest of the parts can be added to the spare box for future projects .

The engine is nicely detailed in this scale but clean up in the rear for mounting part 11K will be a challenge for some . Rather a pain on having this injector pin stub but better then having this on the cyclinders .

The side detail to the fuselage sides are nice , but a little over scale for my liking . One always has the option to sand this down and replace with plastic stock with their liking . I didn't fill the injector pin marks on the fuselage sides for these will not be seen once every thing is button up .

Terri,
Looks nice so far! I am really looking forward to the rest of your build... and the 1/32nd version!
RAGIII

Hello Terri!

Wow - Great to see you build a 1/72! Looking forward to the progress.

~Johannes

Thanks Rick , I'm kinda looking forward to the 32 scale as well -but rather have 48 scale .

Johannes , nice to see you in the forums .

I ready to button up the fuselage halves before I do this pic's will be posted this weekend .

the build is moving along nicely with the cocpit painted up and ready for closing .

One does have to follow the steps in the instruction for mounting the parts . One cannot just drop it in place once the fuselage halves are joined . you have to mount the right side of the fuselage to the wing structure . Care test fitting and a little trimming was needed on the inside edges to get a good fit . Filling will need to be done once the other side is fixed in place .

I added a full pump to the right of the cockpit wall . The back of the fuel tank . Rudder bar cables , pe seat belts and had to make a new a throddled . ( carpet monster happy now ) I used srcap plastic cut to shape and PE lever .

Engine is finished and looks nice and is well detailed in this scale . For painting the engine I dry brushed this with some dried out Model Master buffable alum . Induction pipes pick out in copper and used a Tamiya smoke for a wash .

Lovely work Ms Werner I couldnt even think of 1/72nd with my fat fingers. Hats off to all who work some miracles in this scale.

Keith

Howdy,

I just got this kit. Looks like a winner. I plan on doing the USAS trainer OOB.

Anyone with a Revell Sopwith Camel would love the extra parts as well.

Looks good so far Terri.

Brian Riedel

She is looking really nice Terri

I am most interested to see how you end up rigging it (and what you will use for cables and turnbuckles).

Thanks Keith ! Not my main scale , but it is ejoyable building them

Brian , it is nice kit isn't it ! So far she builds nice ..........
When do you plan on starting yours ?

Thanks Dennis , rigging will be done the same way I do it in 48 scale . Wire hoop and q-tip method ...just smaller !
I will post pic's on how I do it when it's time for the rigging .

Howdy,

At the moment I have Sopwith fever. Started to try and do a proper build of the 1/28 Revell Camel. Should I hit a wall, I might do the Nieuport as a breather, as I don't bother to rig 1/72 anymore.

Brian Riedel

Progress continues with the fuselage joined and glued in place . One must follow the instruction's . You can't join the halves and the fix the lower wing in place . The rudder bar assembly is in the way stopping the the parts on the lower wing to pass through .

I didn't have any trouble with fixing the right side of the fuselage to the lower wing . The left side fitted really excellent , but sanding or scraping the inside of the wing root on the fuselage halves aids in this step .

The over all fit of the lower wing isn't bad , but as you can see it is typical Roden in this area . Some putty and sanding will take care of this easy to get a smooth finish .

Sorry for the lateness here folks , computer issues ....

I have done some more on this build review and will have pic's up in a few days ......

Computer issues, or the kit is so fun to build that I can´t get enough
She´s a beauty Terri.just love the way you tackle the build.
//Larsa
Don´t you watch too much WM hockey now,you better build models

Progress continues on with the build . All join lines have been sanded puttied and cleaned up ready for primer to see how well I did .
The cowl fitted wonderfully on this build with no trimming or sanding which made me a very happy camper indeed .

On the tail plane part number 8A is a different story . This is the extension for the turtle deck to the tail plane and this did not fit all that great . Careful filling and sanding needs to be done so one does not lose the stringer detail on the turtle deck . The tail skid housing is also the same with just being a tad to big on the sides foruming a lip where it meets the fuselage . With careful sanding or shaving down the sides will fit this .

Thanks Lars !

Terri,
Very nice progress. Looks great ! By the way the 1/32nd Nieuport 24bis is now listed as a May release
RAGIII

Hi Terri,

I thought I'd check in to see how the build is coming along.

Mark

First off , I'm very sorry for the delay in the build review . All is fine now

Rick , not my scale really , but a most excellent release for the 32 scale builders . Nice to see the range growing though

As a matter of fact I do have some progress to report here .

The airframe and wings I brush paint ( more a dry brushing effect ) Testors Model Master Aluminum expect for the cowling and top alum panel . These areas will get airbrushed a gloss white for the AlcladII polished alum . But before I do this . A clear cote will go for the decals then some masking wing ribs and a spray of Tamyia smoke , dullcoted The the cowl will get done . The lacquer re-acts to the Alclad in a bad way .

Made some progress and got the decals on and sealed with a coat of future .

There is an error with the decal placement for the pennet on the top wing . On back of the box the intsructions call decal number 14 to be used , this sound be decal 15 instead .

Now I have used Rodens decals in the best with passable results riding along the side with negitive results . This time around the were in fact excellent to work with . They did not fall apart into a million bits when water hits them also comforming to the surface very well . I did make a light pass for the contorls and hit with supersol . Might have to to this again though .

A few more coats of future in perp for the masking tape . Tamiya tape will be used , never had a ieuss with the tape lifting decals .

Great work Terri I was impressed with the decals also.

Mark

Thank-you Mark

Yes , it was nice to work with their decals . Roden has improved in this area over the past few years .

Tonight will be finishing up on the painting of the smaller items while the last coat of future dries .

Made some progress on the build . Yes I know this one is taking a bit of time and I do apologize for this .

Looks great!

What are you using as "sleeves" to represent the turn buckles?

Thanks for the comment

I'm using stretched q-tips for the turnbuckles . Brass tubing is becoming the choice of modellers , but I like this method . By controling the heat and pulling at different speeds ( same as stretched spuce ) a very wide range of tubing can be made .