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Back from the boneyard
12/25/09 at 02:15:20

I'll bet you thought (or hoped) that you would never see this model again. This is the 1/48 Eduard Nieuport 17 that I tried to build for a GB that ended eons ago. I gave up on the build after I gouged the upper wing with a lit incense stick while trying to take sag out of the rigging. I got tired of looking at the unfinished model, put a "combat damage" patch on the gouge (it could happen), rebuilt a few assemblies, and completed the build. I struggled with every aspect of the build, no doubt due to my striving for perfection while being incompetent. The model is, at best, a three footer in a dark room, but it is a finished model, and it provided an intensive course on how not to build a model.

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Dave The Chef Stellar Member Offline Space is the place! Posts: 1137 London Gender:	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #1 - 12/25/09 at 02:51:15 I remember this - fantastic job Rob, you really should post up more of your stuff you know. Quality work all round
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Rob Hart Stellar Member Offline Did I say that? Posts: 1023 Lower Slobbovia Gender:	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #2 - 12/25/09 at 02:57:30 Thanks Dave, I have a few more coming. I build as slow as you build fast, but I'm beginning to pick up steam.
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killsnapz Stellar Member Offline Take off you hoser! Posts: 1884 Norwalk Ct Gender:	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #3 - 12/25/09 at 04:32:58 Those biplanes are tough. It took me 6 months to build the Eduard 1/48 D VII and it is one of the best kits around. She looks good to me.
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Rob Hart Stellar Member Offline Did I say that? Posts: 1023 Lower Slobbovia Gender:	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #4 - 12/25/09 at 17:17:26 Yeah, biplanes definitely call for a different approach. The closer you get to finishing them, the more fragile and difficult to handle they become. I complicated this build by trying out a lot of new paints, glues, aftermarket, and techniques. Some worked, most didn't.
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Gawonii YaBB Administrator Offline Modeling is a life philosphy Posts: 2978 Alabama Gender:	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #5 - 12/25/09 at 18:57:31 I don't know. If that's a 3 footer then most of mine are 5 footers. She looks really fine to me
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Reply #6 - 12/25/09 at 20:16:28

Rob Hart wrote on 12/25/09 at 17:17:26:

Yeah, biplanes definitely call for a different approach. The closer you get to finishing them, the more fragile and difficult to handle they become. I complicated this build by trying out a lot of new paints, glues, aftermarket, and techniques. Some worked, most didn't.

I do'nt know about you Rob but as hard of a time I had building mine I am still very glad that I did it. It went painfully slow. Adding rib tape decal one at a time. A tiny cockppit full of photo-etch and the dreaded stacking of wings besides hand painting the dreaded Fokker streaked fuselage and in the end I was very proud of my efforts and I learned may new tecniques too. I bet you did also. I think we shouls all build something out of our comfort zone every once in a while. It really expands you talents.

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Rob Hart Stellar Member Offline Did I say that? Posts: 1023 Lower Slobbovia Gender:	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #7 - 12/26/09 at 15:59:04 Your Fokker is a treat to see. I agree with your statement about building outside of your comfort zone to improve skills. I do a lot of moaning about difficulties that I encounter during builds, but I keep building, so it can't be as bad as I make it sound.
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Joe Rugby YaBB Moderator Offline KIA KAHA Posts: 689	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #8 - 12/27/09 at 06:36:41 Yahooo!!! That is excellent Rob!!! I am certainly with Dave, please post more of your stuff! Hey, how about a little bit on that display base? Excellent idea with using a map!
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Reply #9 - 12/27/09 at 16:31:36

Thanks Joe. The base is an inexpensive, unfinished piece that I bought at a craft store (Michaels). I stained it and then sealed it with about a dozen coats of future. I found the map on a WWI website. I printed it onto some fancy, parchment type paper and used a spray adhesive to attach it to the base. The map depicts the 12th Battle of the Isonzo River/Battle of Caporetto. The next time I do this style of base I am going to try decoupage as I had a lot of problems with the map wrinkling and lifting.

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Joe Rugby YaBB Moderator Offline KIA KAHA Posts: 689	Re: Back from the boneyard Reply #10 - 12/27/09 at 17:16:08 I am certainly going to try that !
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