WIP Nieuport 17 Flyboys
No need to scratch with such parts.
Last field not wood but linen!!!
Corrected and washing.
And nothing visible!
First painting, some parts not yet mounted.
Cowling to thick, as usual.
Not its ok
Cut out and new hinges.
Actual state.
With more parts the engine diameter grows.
24mm alu and a lathe are a solution!
drawing line barely visible!
Tight fit.
Engine fits.
Dividing head on milling machine.
The result.
Happy little accident ...
Intake pipes are replaced by real metal
3 layer wood for the V-struts
struts are created.
A 100% crop of a wikipedia picture: [img1]
Soldering a brass ring with brass plate.
More original compared to Eduard.
Struts are painted, metal is prepared and glued to the wood. With brass pins the struts are plugf to the upper wing.
Cover of the hinge below lower wing.
Struts masked for painting of securing stripes.
Huge square holes take the struts.
My work compared to the original.
Small metal outlets (from a Camel PE)
added to the elevator.
Control horns added, details painted.
New struts made frome flattened brass pipe.
Struts mounted.
Control wires done.
Parts for scratched skid assembly.
finished ...
and mounted.
Strong enough to carry the model!
Wooden windscreen frame.
The front part of the Vickers is soldered kit from Part.
There is a small coil on top of the barrel.
Turned/milled fuel and oil caps.
Made a new air screw (in the middle).
Comments
3 10 January 2018, 21:22
bughunterSince the engine was still a tight fit with more parts, I need more space under the cowling .... and finally destroyed the cowling! So a new solution was needed!
20 January 2018, 20:22
Spanjaardholy molly... "a new solution was needed"... looking fantastic... i wish i could have space for this kind of tools 🙂
20 January 2018, 21:57
Peter Strakainsane! IMO the new cowling looks much better than the original part
21 January 2018, 19:21
Bastian BäuerleLooks good! If you have the necessary tools at home you can do everything you want!
21 January 2018, 21:23
Spanjaardyou also need to know how to use them... and no doubt bughunter does 🙂
21 January 2018, 23:22
Martin OostromI wish I had the tools, I wish I had the skills, I wish I had the talent, etc, etc
Another top job Bughunter.
28 January 2018, 20:03
Martin OostromNah, too many to mention when I look at the Bughunter's work. Didn't want to highjack his build thread and get banned by Tim
29 January 2018, 06:14
Greg BakerIs there an emoji for just standing there in disbelief with a bit of drool coming out of your mouth?
29 January 2018, 11:58
bughunterThank you mates for your nice words! Martin, sometimes my macros are very detailed, to show how I have done things. May be it fulfills some of your wishes 😉
29 January 2018, 19:21
bughunterThank you, my friends! But I think it will take time to cross the finishing line, some wooden parts to be done, some details missing, rigging, engine finishing and mounting. I will add some text to the pictures.
5 February 2018, 19:20
bughunterNice picture!
The tail of my Nieuport is finished. As usual some parts are scratched.
19 February 2018, 21:01
Alec KAbsolutely great. The new prop - were you unhappy with the first attempt (i.e. why redo it)?
2 March 2018, 11:31
bughunterYes, the first one matches teh drawings, but according to the pictures the blades were to small for the 110hp rotary.
2 March 2018, 11:45
bughunterThank you mates! There is a new album with the pictures of the finished newport.
2 March 2018, 18:30
Spanjaardsimply stunning. just back from holidays and 270+ messages... but i had to comment on this one 🙂
5 March 2018, 17:06
Album info
Some pictures of the working process.
