Kit# 203 Nieuport 11 Build

Arlo DiPasquale · Post by **Arlo DiPasquale** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:15 am

Thank God for the weekend!! I was just able to finish up the fuselage on my Nieuport 11.

Now I can watch the Bills game!!

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:43 pm

This kit went together so nice it was hard to put down even for a football game, it was my first laser cut and I was amazed at how everything fit so precisely. Have fun.

Arlo DiPasquale · Post by **Arlo DiPasquale** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:31 pm

the one I am building is an older one which means it is actually die cut. Even so, it has all it together perfectly with no tweaking. On top of that, the Bills won!!

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:56 pm

Yes, and I could'nt be happier about who they beat!!!

Arlo DiPasquale · Post by **Arlo DiPasquale** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:03 pm

I was able to finish up the frames for my Nieuport 11 this afternoon. Can't wait to start covering it!!

Sorry for the Dumas plane in the background

Working on this helped distract me from the sad fact that the Red Sox did not make the playoffs...

. I will post more pictures as the model progresses!

Arlo DiPasquale · Post by **Arlo DiPasquale** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:05 pm

I will add that any constructive comments are welcomed since many of you have been doing this much longer than I have, and one of the best ways to learn is to have people that are more experienced than you point out what you need to do better. I am my own worst critic, so don't worry about hurting my feelings!!

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:20 pm

I found when I was at this stage it was convenient to stain and varnish the landing gear and wing struts for a little added " bright work",( a phrase used by boat people for all their varni

shed wood).

Phugoid · Post by **Phugoid** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:54 am

Looks great to me Arlo...

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:55 am

I wouldn't call it constructive criticism, but if you want to fly her on rubber make the nose come off. Mine needed a lot of clay and rubber to get a nice flight and there is no way I could have squeezed the rubber through the small nose buttonhole. Your build looks good, the Nieuport is a nice looking bird and flies great. Also Guillows recommends adding wire to the landing gear struts, great idea and the front can use the added weight.

Arlo DiPasquale · Post by **Arlo DiPasquale** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:33 pm

Thank you scigs for the nose block advise, I saw how you did it on your Nieuport. I am not sure this one will fly since the wood is very heavy. I am just wondering, as a general rule, how heavy the plane should be in order for it to be flown. I do not fly many of my planes, and many of the ones I fly are smaller, so I am somewhat illiterate in this area.

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:05 pm

Mine came with pretty heavy laser cut wood, but I contacted guillows and they sent out some awesome balsa so that helped. For me I try to fly everything no matter how heavy. Of course heavy models are harder to trim and land or crash harder but still they can be fun to fly........

Arlo DiPasquale · Post by **Arlo DiPasquale** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:02 pm

Finished covering the fuselage and tail surfaces (empennage to be fancy) last night. The wings are taking much longer because the metallic silver Esaki tissue I am using is a time consuming, pain in the butt to apply. If anybody has any suggestions on applying it, I would really appreciate it. Anyways, here is a pic of the fuselage. Still have to spray it and add the cockpit paper pattern.

It is my best imitation of Scigs' Nieuport, hope I do it justice.

scigs30 · Post by **scigs30** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:15 pm

Looks good to me.

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:59 pm