[WWI] Special Hobby and Omega Noop 10s in1/48

[Karen Rychlewski]

On Aug 7, 2009, at 4:44 AM, Mikko Saarela wrote:

> I came back from lurking mode just to say this:
>
> Omega resin Nieuport 10: forget it, forget it, forget it! There's  
> no 3 versions, only one version - the early one with observer  
> sitting on the front seat - with different decals. Or at least my  
> "Finnish version" had the early version parts in the box:
>
> http://www.kolumbus.fi/saarela.mikko/Nieuports.html
>
> The kit was almost hilariously crappy. One of the lower wings  -  
> for example - had the wing ribs in 90 degree angle to the wing  
> spar, on the other lower wing they go parallel with the fuselage  
> (which is right)!! ...

Well, Mikko, sounds like you got one that slipped past Czech quality  
control    :-)
Your model of it looks really good despite the struggles; you made a  
silk purse out of tthat sow's ear.

I have the Omega single-seater and the "Ni.X B", the early version  
two-seater, and they're both very buildable, IMHO. No silly mistakes  
such as you identify. The major parts accord well with the Datafile  
GA: not perfect, but close enough that a little sanding fixes things.  
The two fuselages (each is one piece with the top parts separate) are  
different to allow for the early version engine mounting, different  
forward deckings, and different turtledecks; the two-seater upper  
wing has the circular hole the observer was supposed to pop up in to  
man the machine gun. The wing ribs are a non-issue since I've sanded  
them all off to thin the trailing edges and will replace them with  
strips of clear decal. Each kit has an appropriate small, but nice,  
PE fret, and I'll be adding bits from the Eduard Nieuport 17 PE set.  
Yes, I'll replace the engine and struts and such, but that's more or  
less standard with resin kits anyway. The decals are for Italian and  
Russian planes and they seem accurate—haven't tried them yet so can't  
comment on their useability. I'm doing Alexander Kozakov's machine,  
which appears to be a modified early two-seater with a Maxim gun  
aimed upwards to clear the prop; at least I think it's a two-seater  
because the upper wing seems to have a sealed-up circular gunner's  
opening. If anyone has more information about this plane, I would  
appreciate receiving it.

I'm sorry to hear of your problems with the other two-seater kit, but  
I wouldn't damn the other two kits on that basis. An experienced  
modeler should be able to deal with them as long as the Finnish  
version is avoided    :-)
The prices for the Omega kits and the Special Hobby kit (which I  
haven't seen) seem to be in the same range, so I'd say the choice  
would be up to the modeler based on availability and love/hate of resin.

Karen
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