Official Nieuport 11/16 painting thread.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Here are a couple of mine to start us off.

[Baldrick62]

Variation on the theme:

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http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ght=converting

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Very smart Balders.
Rob.

[144sram]

Nieuport 11:


SRAM resin kit

[Flying Officer Kyte]

And also very smart Michal.
Rob.

[Marechallannes]

Nieuport 11 Repaint

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Maybe the Oberst will change this title to Official 16/11 thread, as the 11s are helping to pad it out a bit.
Rob.

[Carl_Brisgamer]

One more early war Nieuport for the showcase, this 'Bebe' flown by 12 victory French Ace Jean Navarre over Verdun in early 1916. The model is from Skytrex, one of the last batch I bought before the old boys sold up.







With a Nieuport 16 from N.62.

[Baron Rolf]

Currently working on my first none CP plane, my little Nieuport 11 is starting to look rather good just got to finish of the wheels, struts & tail. Hopefully my rondal decals will arrive today so I can finish him off and send to the front to face the dreaded Hun.

[Carl_Brisgamer]

With a double-up de Guibert Nieuport N.16 from my third Balloon Busters Set I decided to do a quick WGF re-paint. I selected a Royal Flying Corps profile, an 11 Squadron Nieuport N.16 flown by Lt. Albert Ball in June and July 1916.



On 26 June Lt. Ball attacked and destroyed an observation balloon with Le Prieux rockets flying this aircraft. The next day he was gazetted to receive the Military Cross and cited for his continuous determination to be at the enemy. On 2 July 1916 Albert Ball was also flying this Nieuport when he achieved a double victory shooting down a Roland C.II and an Aviatik.



The re-paint was very simple:

1. Flat aluminium for the cowl;
2. One part Humbrol 74 (Linen) to four parts white to paint out the French roundels on the underside of the top wing;
3. Humbrol 78 (cockpit green) for the green camouflage over the existing dark brown.



Decals were Skytrex (upper and underside wings) and Shed (36" white disc and British roundels over the existing fuselage Cockerill devices).



Tamiya TS-80 flat clear spray finished the job.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Nice repaint Carl, and of course one very close to my heart.
Rob.

[grumpybear]

All very nicely done

[Carl_Brisgamer]

Nice repaint Carl, and of course one very close to my heart.
Rob.

Thanks Rob,

I saw your Ball N.16 on the first post, very nice.

One day when I feel like doing a fiddly job I'll go back and apply the roundels on the top underwing and the A134 serial on the rudder.

I did the repaint late last night and only had a 45 minute window today for the decals.

[Lloydthegamer]

Another nice Nieuport to go along with your red Navarre. Quite striking models.

[Baldrick62]

For those not already in the know, an introduction into the arcane art of converting a Nieuport 16 to an 11 - http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...-a-Nieuport-11

[Carl_Brisgamer]

Another nice Nieuport to go along with your red Navarre. Quite striking models.

Thanks Lloyd, just trying to build up my early war options.

Cheers,

Carl.

[somaliavet]

That's a great repaint, very clean finish! Great job!

[clipper1801]

Awesome! But how does one convert a N-11 to an N-16? Or will such a conversion upset the underpinnings of the universe? Some of us want to know . . .

[Baldrick62]

Awesome! But how does one convert a N-11 to an N-16? Or will such a conversion upset the underpinnings of the universe? Some of us want to know . . .

Change Step 1 'remove' to 'add, if necessary'. As Aleksandr Orloff would say, "Simples"!

[Carl_Brisgamer]

Awesome! But how does one convert a N-11 to an N-16? Or will such a conversion upset the underpinnings of the universe? Some of us want to know . . .

Judicious application of epoxy putty would do the trick.

[Thomatchef]

This is my Nieuport repaint.







More pictures can be found if you click here.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

I had to look twice before I could believe that one Thomas.
Magnificent.
Rob.

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

An excellent re-paint Thomas. I am now toying with rockets following clipper1801's instructions for making but I'm still stuck with making them removable.

[PFactorDave]

Had a little time today, so I finished up my Sgt. Clyde Balsley Nieuport 11 of the Lafayette Escadrille.



This is a Shapeways bird. I have three more of them. Thinking I will do one of Prince, Rumsey, and maybe McConnell so I'll have a full flight of early Esc124.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

A very nice rendering Dave.
You certainly seem to have overcome the rough surface effect very well.
Rob.

[PFactorDave]

A very nice rendering Dave.
You certainly seem to have overcome the rough surface effect very well.
Rob.

Thanks!

It is a Frosted Ultra Detail print, so it isn't nearly as rough as the White Strong and Flexible prints.

[PFactorDave]

Finished the rest of my four ship flight of early Lafayette Escadrille.

Decided to do Lufbery, Prince, Balsley, and Rumsey.

[Lloydthegamer]

Excellent job on this model. Your write up describing the building is great too. Thanks!

This is my Nieuport repaint.More pictures can be found if you click here.

[Captain Froggy]

Hello,

For my part, I have repaint (little) the official versions of Nieuport 16 for having the four balloon busters, by adding lines on the deuces for Chouteau, changing the marking for having Prince, and the same for Grandmaison (the rooster have a whiste crest for example) :

[Caveman]

This isn't really deserving to be placed on this thread with these other fine birds, so please consider this a plea for help. Does anyone know if there are 1/144 decals for LE MOME? Please let me know if you ever come across a set. Thank you.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Two more nice offerings from Roland and Dave.
If you can send me a side view of the original plane Dave. I will try and knock you out a set of decals for it.
Rob.

[Captain Froggy]

Here is a picture of adjudant Raymond Havet in his Nieuport 11 n°1482 during the balkans war in 1916.

And his plane :

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Right Roland.
I'll have a crack at that and see what I can produce.
Rob.

[Antabires]

Finished the rest of my four ship flight of early Lafayette Escadrille.
Decided to do Lufbery, Prince, Balsley, and Rumsey.

Congrats i love the scheme...in fact i will probably with your permission to use a similar for a squadron i am planning

[PFactorDave]

Congrats i love the scheme...in fact i will probably with your permission to use a similar for a squadron i am planning

Thanks! I look forward to seeing photos of your squadron!

[PFactorDave]

Congrats i love the scheme...in fact i will probably with your permission to use a similar for a squadron i am planning

Thanks! I look forward to seeing photos of your squadron!

I found a lot of good reference material and markings about Esc124 on this web site:
http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escad...4Lafayette.htm

[Antabires]

Thanks for the reference, first i have to finish a Richthofen that i am turning into a KEMPF. Then to highlight a group of zeros and grummans and just then i am going for the squadron ETF 2 months

[Captain Froggy]

This site is a MUST for the french wings, and is always updated.

There is many original pictures from private collection, and beautiful profiles.

And for those who can read french, many informations.

[flash]

Cracking models chaps - keep them coming

[Caveman]

Cheers Rob
and
Merci Roland

[flash]

These N.16s started life as the Prince/Johnson version:







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More details in this thread in the Hobby Room .

[Thomatchef]

Beautifull pair!

[Flying Officer Kyte]

And also very nice conversions Dave.
Rob.

[flash]

And then there were three....

[Baron Rolf]

And then there were three....

Those are some fine looking Nieuport's Dave, I've just ordered some decals off ebay to do some Nieuport 17's for my French collection.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

This show just goes on and on.
Rob.

[Teaticket]

Lots of nice Bebes here. My first is a plane Jane but I have 3 more in the works.







First time in the air and my wife used it to shoot down my Eindeker Tiger!

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Nice job Peter. I have always loved the Bebe since I converted one a couple of years ago for a balloon attack.
Rob.

[flash]

Nice work Peter - doubtless we will see that in action before long

[guthroth]

This is my first photo post, not a repaint as such, just a Red Eagle N.11 painted in RFC Dope.



Now it is done, the dope is a bit pale compared to the Tripe I have, but I will know better next time