These are continuing Images for the review / build started here.

Lower wing length correction. Heads up - WARNING to anyone who wants to build these kits. I have to say that my earlier suspicions were correct. Both of the lower wings are 4/32" too long. If you add them straight out of the box the interplane Vee-struts will have an inward camber at the top wing union. In the image here I show the unmodified lower wing and a modified lower wing. Shortened at the wing root by 4/32". The slice I cut out is laying above the two at the center.


Here I am working on the kit decal applications. Don't tell me Roden decals are useless.

My renditions of the "Dragon".

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Well then, here is the second decal effort concerning the "Dragon". I still have some details to pick out.

In the last steps of the Nieuport 24bis build. Adding the leather covering for the fueslage to upper cowling lacings. Then there is touching up some paint flaws and more details to the "dragon". You have to bear in mind these birds were very simplistic in their equipment. Basically it came with the oil pulsometer and a tachometer for frontline service. The rate of consumption was pretty much standard for the 120-130hp Le Rhône. The durations of the flight was kept to the avbailable fuel of course. By this time altimeters were a luxury or pilot's purchased the types that were worn on the wrist. Trigger actions were either lever or button actuated.

The unusual aspects of this machine N5086 often called "Diana" is that so much of this aircraft was aluminum doped or painted. Looking at the images I have already posted will prove that the Polish air service covered the tail skid, interplane struts, the leather strip covers for the lacings and the empty belt feed. For those that may not know this Vickers was fed from the pilot's left to right. It has part of the recoil spring mechanism exposed as the longer spring was meant to increase the rate of fire.