WIP Nieuport 17 Flyboys
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No need to scratch with such parts.
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Last field not wood but linen!!!
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Corrected and washing.
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And nothing visible!
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First painting, some parts not yet mounted.
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Cowling to thick, as usual.
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Not its ok
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Cut out and new hinges.
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Actual state.
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With more parts the engine diameter grows.
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24mm alu and a lathe are a solution!
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drawing line barely visible!
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Tight fit.
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Engine fits.
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Dividing head on milling machine.
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The result.
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Happy little accident ...
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Intake pipes are replaced by real metal
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3 layer wood for the V-struts
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struts are created.
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A 100% crop of a wikipedia picture: [img1]
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Soldering a brass ring with brass plate.
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More original compared to Eduard.
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Struts are painted, metal is prepared and glued to the wood. With brass pins the struts are plugf to the upper wing.
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Cover of the hinge below lower wing.
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Struts masked for painting of securing stripes.
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Huge square holes take the struts.
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My work compared to the original.
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Small metal outlets (from a Camel PE)
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added to the elevator.
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Control horns added, details painted.
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New struts made frome flattened brass pipe.
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Struts mounted.
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Control wires done.
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Parts for scratched skid assembly.
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finished ...
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and mounted.
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Strong enough to carry the model!
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Wooden windscreen frame.
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The front part of the Vickers is soldered kit from Part.
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There is a small coil on top of the barrel.
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Turned/milled fuel and oil caps.
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Made a new air screw (in the middle).
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Comentarii
3 10 January 2018, 21:22
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Since 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
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holy molly... "a new solution was needed"... looking fantastic... i wish i could have space for this kind of tools 🙂
20 January 2018, 21:57
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insane! IMO the new cowling looks much better than the original part
21 January 2018, 19:21
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Looks good! If you have the necessary tools at home you can do everything you want!
21 January 2018, 21:23
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you also need to know how to use them... and no doubt bughunter does 🙂
21 January 2018, 23:22
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I 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
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Nah, 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
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Is there an emoji for just standing there in disbelief with a bit of drool coming out of your mouth?
29 January 2018, 11:58
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Thank 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
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Thank 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
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Nice picture!
The tail of my Nieuport is finished. As usual some parts are scratched.
19 February 2018, 21:01
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Absolutely great. The new prop - were you unhappy with the first attempt (i.e. why redo it)?
2 March 2018, 11:31
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Yes, 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
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Thank you mates! There is a new album with the pictures of the finished newport.
2 March 2018, 18:30
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simply 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.