Hello all
Unfortunately the Nieuport Type 12 replica that was built in Australia, at Watts Bridge has crashed and the pilot had one of his legs badly busted. I made a video of it before its first flight when it was being taxi tested.
the video is at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UwqyZnwMDg
the prang was pretty bad and I don’t think it will be rebuilt. Its really a great shame as Bruce was planning to build another WW1 replica.
cheers
Ross
By: The Blue Max - 4th May 2009 at 11:24
Thanks for that, i was going to say it looks about 3/4 size. Looks to be one of the Airdrome Aeroplane kits from Robert Baslee poered by a VW, is it??
By: Proctor VH-AHY - 3rd May 2009 at 21:52
Hello All
It is not full scale. The technical aspects of the paint are interesting in that the airframe was covered by ceconite and instead of using the usual nitrate/butrate dope as the paint, instead a method of using water based plastic paint was used (house paint). Apparently the original finish was a non-gloss finish and Bruce strove to make the visual finish of his aeroplane as close to the original as possible.
The finish achieved did look particularly good. I estimate that using the usual dope finished would have cost A$3000 approx, using this method the cost was less than A$1000
cheers
By: Rlangham - 3rd May 2009 at 17:09
Looks full size to me, they were fairly small
By: Good Vibs - 3rd May 2009 at 13:27
Nieuport 12 replica
Very sad & speedy recovery.
It does not look full scale to me. The paint scheme looks very accurate. Does anybody know if it was 3/4 scale & what engine it had.
Thanks
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May 3, 2009 at 11:41 am