Whitey Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Off and running on a WWI beauty - a lovely little "Bebe" from Copper State. Got a fair bit accomplished in the cockpit and with the engine today. Lots of wood grain painting - my usual way with Tamiya Acrylics and clear yellow and orange. Undercoat with Dark Yellow, streak with various shades of brown and then coat with clear colour - yellow for lighter wood and orange for darker wood. Using a darker undercoat also provides different wood colours. I have replaced the carburettor intakes with aluminium tube so have cut off the plastic bits, drilled through the housing and inserted brass rod and will add the tubes once the fuselage is all put together and painted. Medium blue colours for metal parts as per instructions. You can see the difference that the clear orange makes, compared to the clear yellow lighter parts. Still lots to do but it fits nicely so far and with an Italian Red, White and Green colouring to the undersides of the wing and silver overall, she should look nicely different to the usual WWI camouflaged aircraft. Nick32, Trak-Tor, Kagemusha and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Whitey Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Fiddly cockpit almost completed. Goes together really nicely but lots of little bits to trim, paint and add to the frames, whilst keeping it all aligned. Rigged with easy line. All painting so far is Tamiya acrylics covered with either Clear Orange for the darker wood or Clear Yellow for the lighter wood. It fits into the fuselage but that will be all on the cockpit until I fettle away at the rear fuselage and side panels to ensure everything fits and is aligned. Gazzas, Trak-Tor, Kagemusha and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Been tempted to get one, and I seriously doubt your build will help me resist. Despite that, looking forward to seeing more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Nice looking cockpit , I have this one in the stash to build so will be watching your progress. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 A strange week of working from home and busier than usual. Should settle down a bit after this weekend. Spent most of today, Saturday, getting the Nieuport assembled. Lots of scraping and chiselling to get the side panels fitted and aligned so that the top cover and the cowl all line up. I am undecided as to what paint to use for the fabric covered parts - should be Silver Dope but might settle for Dull Aluminium. I've painted the wooden side panels black to give it a bit of a different texture to the fabric surfaces and will use an Aluminium metallic paint for the top cockpit cover and the cowl. She should be a colourful little jigger when finished. Any suggestions for silver dope will be most welcome. Landrotten Highlander, Gazzas, Madmax and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Nice Pete, Tamiya AS12 spray can for the dope, Cheers Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 I've looked at AS12 but not convinced yet. Might end up being the best option though. Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Whitey said: Any suggestions for silver dope will be most welcome. Alclad Dull Aluminum. It dries kinda grainy but I hit lightly with an apbrasive sponge and it looks like metal. Trak-Tor and Whitey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thanks Mike, but I don't want it to look like metal because it is fabric. But it is one my options. Just starting to think about mixing something or playing with the surface to make it not so smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 2 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Alclad Dull Aluminum. It dries kinda grainy but I hit lightly with an apbrasive sponge and it looks like metal. Grainy sounds just right for the doped panels, and a bit of a polish for the alloy ones perhaps Richard Whitey and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 14 hours ago, RLWP said: Grainy sounds just right for the doped panels, and a bit of a polish for the alloy ones perhaps Richard I'll give it a go on a paint mule. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Just tried the Alclad Dull Aluminium and although it looks a bit dark, I think it will be ok. I'll let it dry for a few hours and give it a rub and see how she comes up. Pics then. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Alclad Dull Aluminium seems to ok.It is very grainy but smooths out well with a quick rub with 3600 micro mesh. Cowl and Gun cover are Alclad Aluminium. This is the sort of contrasts I was after. I will give the wooden side panels a gloss or semi gloss coat and the rest matt when ready. Thanks for the hint Mike. The French Roundels go onto the top wing, but then get painted over with silver again. Hopefully they will just show through. Going to try Alclad's Aqua Gloss next. Fingers crossed. Lothar, MikeMaben, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Getting ready for some major assembly. All decals on and ready for a clear coat tomorrow. French roundels gets oversprayed in silver dope hopefully to just show through. Pretty colourful undersides. More updates tomorrow. scvrobeson, Landrotten Highlander, Kagemusha and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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