[WWI] Nieuport

[Andy Bannister]

I concur Matt. Received my two Nieuports (okay, I got greedy) direct from
Eduard today. I expected no less than fantastic and Eduard did not
disappoint. I think they do the best representation of a fabric wing of any
manufacturer, bar none. The Flyboys markings don't interest me in the least
(first will have to be Bishop's, being the good Canadian boy I am) and I did
find it amusing that it comes in a box that's 50% bigger than their 48th
Nieuport does but hey, I'm a happy camper. It's about time I did something
Allied anyway so it will go straight to the workbench, and at the rate I
build I'm sure I'll have it done sometime before the next ice age hits....

Andy

CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org
> [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of Matt Bittner
> Sent: 16 November 2006 00:25
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> Subject: [WWI] Nieuport
>
>
> OH YEA, BABY!  THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Don't you just hate people who say that?  First, I never said
> anything to begin with, and then "this is what I'm talking
> about".  Sheesh, talk about improper English.
>
> In any event, a package from Eduard.  You know, Eduard, those
> modeling gods.  Yes, masters of everything 1/72nd (and that
> "other scale", too).
>
> In that package was the "E-Day" Albatros D.V with markings of
> von Beaulieu-Marconay, Jasta 15.  This is a "plain jane" kit,
> with no photoetch.
>
> Also in the box was the "Flyboys" Fokker Dr.I.  Not too
> shabby, although those markings are pretty garish.
>
> Oh, and some off topic stuff too.
>
> Yes, a half-way decent box from Eduard.
>
> But wait, what's at the bottom?  Could it be????
>
> YES!!!
>
> No photoetch, and those markings from "Flyboys".  Other than
> that it's an awesome kit, one we've (or at least "I've") been
> waiting for, for quite a long time.  A decade, at least.
>
> I haven't compared it to drawings yet - especially since I
> don't have the Lafayette Escadrille book yet - but just
> looking at the kit on the sprue, it looks awesome.  Add some
> seatbelts and it can easily be built "out of the box".  No
> doubt the upcoming version with photoetch will be superb.
>
> Two wings - one with a central cut-out - and three cowls.
>
> Stunning, simply stunning.
>
> So, time to shove everything else off the workbench, and start it.
>
> Oh, the kit I'm talking about?
>
> The brand-spanking-new, 1/72nd Eduard Nieuport 17!
>
> If you wait long enough, you'll get just about anything...
>
>
> Matt Bittner
>
>