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

[Matt Bittner]

I have no idea...

Sorry.


Matt Bittner


---- Karen Rychlewski <krychski at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> On Aug 8, 2009, at 3:13 AM, Mikko Saarela wrote:
> 
> > The shape of the fuselage is really the only thing that is  
> > bothering me in the Special Hobby kit. Should the fuselage cross  
> > section taper downwards like it does in the Ian Stair drawings in  
> > WS Datafile 68? Or should the fuselage cross section be more or  
> > less rectangular, like it is in the Special Hobby...
> 
> Indeed, it's very difficult to judge the cross section from photos.  
> But the Ni. 10/XB drawings in the Datafile and Mike Fletcher's  
> collection of period drawings and plans show the fuselage as slightly  
> narrower on the bottom. The description of the 10/XB in Nieuport  
> Aircraft of World War One by Ray Sanger also states that the plane  
> retained the fuselage shape of the earlier Type X monoplane, that is,  
> narrower at the bottom.
> The Datafiles for the Ni. 11 and 17 are missing from my shelves, but  
> Fletcher's plan of the Ni. 17 shows the same narrowing. So I think  
> it's safe to assume (until other evidence surfaces) that the early  
> Nieuports did not have strictly rectangular fuselages but rather they  
> narrowed slightly toward the bottom.
> The reason for that? Who knows? Maybe Mr. Nieuport thought it looked  
> nicer    :-)
> Bittner, what's your take on the question?
> 
> Karen