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Nieuport 10 Two-Seater

Special Hobby 1/48 Nieuport 10 Two-Seater by Michael Booth

KIT: Special Hobby

PRODUCT CODE: SH 48184

SCALE: 1/48

TYPE: Injection moulded

DECAL OPTIONS: 3

T

he Nieuport 10 was

originally designed by

Gustave Delage to compete

in the Gordon Bennett Trophy

race of 1914; however, the First

World War caused this contest

to be cancelled, and the type was

developed as a military two-

seat reconnaissance aircraft

that entered service in 1915.

THE KIT

Special Hobby provides the kit

with two sprues with nice moulded

fabric detail; one resin part; photo-

etch; film for the windscreen;

and three decal options. I washed

the sprues in warm soapy water

to remove mould release from

them prior to assembly.

CONSTRUCTION

The first main task was painting

all the wood parts, such as the

struts, control surfaces, wood

flooring, and seats, using Daler

and Rowley Burnt Umber oil paint.

After allowing them to dry for

a week I could start building.

I started assembly with the

various parts for the cockpit;

once assembled, it gives a good

representation of an early aircraft.

With the fuselage together, sanding

was required along the bottom

as well as a small area behind

the crew’s seated position.

The lower wings were then

added, as well as the elevators, both

of which fitted with minimal filler.

I decided to leave the top wing off

until after the painting stage.

PAINTING

I was originally planning on

painting the aircraft in Tamiya’s

XF-55 Deck Tan but found this

looked too dark. I did some

research and found Humbrol’s 74

quite a suitable colour for early

First World War aircraft linen.

This was thinned with Humbrol

Thinner before being airbrushed

over the entire model, followed

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