It took me over a year but I finally finished it, much to my husbands relief. [:D] It was a good kit, the only problems I had were self induced, ie not reading the instructions that well. All in all I’d say it turned out fairly well for being my second model. Thanks to all who take the time to look, and please let me hear any suggestions you may have, it’s greatly appreciated!
Jen
It looks fantastic, Keep it up!
If that’s only your second model, I’d say you are a very talented beginner. The aircraft looks great. Nice job representing a wooden prop. Only thing missing is the rigging.
Regards, Rick
Nieuport—alive with pleasure!!!
it looks amazing. thanks for posting.
Awesome… what scale? I bet it’s small whatever scale it is which makes it all the more impressive.
[tup] That is a pretty impressive job for just your second model! Thanks for the photos. I always have problems when I don’t follow the directions too.
Cheers,
Eric
that is impressive work. very very nice work.
joe
Jen,
Charles Nungesser’s Nieuport 17 looks fantastic. I’ll bet he wants it back now. [;)]
That’s a very clean and impressive build. Don’t worry about taking a year to finish a kit, I’m pushing a year on my Martin MB-2 twin-engined biplane, but I’m happy with the results.
I have a funny story about Nungesser. About ten years ago I was working at the Kinko’s in State College, PA (home of Penn State University). I was helping out at the one-hour photo counter, taking orders, when a woman singed her last name on a film envelope and I noticed it was Nungesser.
I said, “you know, there’s a WWI French ace with that name.” And she told me that Charles Nungesser was her husband’s great-grandfather!
Regards,
nice work i love the wooden prop looks very real!
Kool story luftbery. The wife will like that one, amazing the people you can run into in life. This was probubly a bad kit for her second, it was an eduard profipak kit, and didnt have any alignment pins. I recomended this one for her, so I guess I kinda screwed up (oops). It is wonderfull work for only her second kit (wish mine would have been this good).
jim
How did you get your wife to build a model???[?][?][bow][bow][bow] I’ve been trying for I-don’t-know-how-long to get my wife to build a kit, and she refuses (politely, though) to build anything. Give us some advice here!!![tup][tup]
Jen,
Great-looking build!! I recently bought the same kit for my first biplane, and I’m glad to see that it looks great when finished. I just hope that I have as much success that you did.
very nice nieuport, WWI planes are always a bit of a challenge but that one looks superb. Keep it up!!
Jen:
u did a fantastic job on the Ni-17, & Nungesser’s
early a/c camo looks great ! [tup][tup]
it’s ok 2 take ur time, especially when u get results like that !
looking forward 2 seeing more of ur builds, gf !
frosty[:)]
That’s a fantastic job.
Very nice. What did you use for the NMF on the nose?
THAT is your second model? I’d say you have a whole lot to be proud of, Jen. It’s beautiful. Just a couple of weeks ago I finished the Eduard Limited Edition version of this kit, which has an expanded photoetched fret and really big, fancy markings for four machines in Russian service. Knowing now what you went through to get this level of quality with this kit, and on your second kit at that, you can count me as a permanent admirer. You’re obviously a natural.
I wish I could post photos of mine, but for now they belong to another pubication, and I can’t post them on FSM’s site until they have been published in the other magazine.
I highly recommend Eduard’s Limited Edition kits. They take their best kits, add a few more PE parts, but basically it is all designed around the markings. They go to tremendous lengths to find the most colorful, least-modeled subjects they can find, and so far every one of them has been a winner.
I just wish I had the time to build them all, from the first, a Bf-108 in every marking scheme but Luftwaffe, to the magnificently colorful Pfalz D.IIIa that was released last month. And, when I get not just the time, but the sheer courage required, I intend to tackle that DH-2 Profipak I just got.
For those familiar with this machine, it is little more than a bathtub with an engine and prop bolted to the rear. There are two wings and a tail, but no fuselage. Only a forest of struts and a vast spiderweb of bracing and flying wires. This is not one for the squeamish, and I am no veteran WW I builder by any stretch. But it IS one of my favorite WW I subjects, along with the Fokker E.III Eindekker, due out in the next month or so from Eduard.
Also, I have the same question as Mucker. I thought my Nieuport cowling looked pretty good, but I went to a lot of trouble for such a small part and used Alclad Duraluminum on the cowling and the big photoetched access panels. But my metal parts don’t look as good as yours.
TOM
Very nice !
Chris
Beautiful job, it looks great!
Jen,
For only your second model, you should be extremely happy with what you’ve done. You’ve built a model that’s far better than models made by people who have been building for many years.
Keep up the great work and please make sure you post pics of your next model.
Well done!