Details, Details

So I have started adding some small details to the Nieuport 17.  As I have stated previously I have decided to use one sided turnbuckles.  There is an eyelet on one end and a nice tail to trim and glue on the other.

I drilled out small holes with a 0.3mm drill bit and glued in turnbuckles on one end and eyelets on the other.


Threading the line through the eyelets takes a little skill and a great deal of patience.  There are several great guides to this process available so I skipped over some of the details.  The guide at http://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/ is about the closest to how I did mine.

I won't be working on the wing struts for a while, but before I put them away I thought they could use a bit of detail as well.  I took a bit of lead foil and trimmed it to width using the part as a guide.

Then I carefully glued into place with CA and a straight pin and trimmed to fit.


Repeat five more times and it almost looks like metals bands reinforcing the struts...

Now its time to put this away, clean up the rest of the wood grain pieces and prepare for my aluminium finish.