1/48 Noix Curtiss RC3-1 Racer

[sharkman]

Just briefly started this kit today as a GB on another site.

All i did was wash the parts and clean them up a bit.

If anyone is not familiar, Noix kits are resin multimedia. The bulk of the parts are resin with some white metal castings, as well as vac canopies and decals. Not much there for the price you pay, 10 resin parts, 2 vac canopies and 15 metal parts.

The directions are pretty simple too! First, all in Japanese, and only 2 steps.

Should be fun! I may make a few mods (nothing exists in the after market that I know of) but it will basically be OOB.



Here's the plane!

 

[Sharkmouth]

Pretty! I bet it set you back a Pretty (there goes that word again!) Penny.

Regards,

 

[jknaus]

Looks very cool.
James

 

[moon puppy]

nice looking challenge.

 

[dewertus]

It's very nice plane - here is my model, but in R3C-2 version (Testors 1/48).

 

[Sherman 18]

Neat subject.

 

[paddy]

a challenge but worth it

 

[Paulw]

we will be watching Warren...muwahahahahahahaha

 

[sharkman]

we will be watching Warren...muwahahahahahahaha

Man, you guys are going to give me a complex!!! :laugh:

 

[sharkman]

Pretty! I bet it set you back a Pretty (there goes that word again!) Penny.

Regards,

about 12,000 pretty pennies to be exact!

 

[sharkman]

It's very nice plane - here is my model, but in R3C-2 version (Testors 1/48).

Nice job Dewertus! I would love to have had this version by Noix, might get the Testors kit someday!

 

[sharkman]

Ok,  so I broke some ground on this one today

Here's the 3 pieces for the cockpit... seat, IP and stick.

Had to use the old boiling water trick to get the bend out of the fuse pieces.

before:

after:

I don't have any references for the cockpit, so I winged it. Left the IP metal colour, added some Mike Grant decals and a small switch.

I added a small throttle lever, some wire, Eduard belts and painted the interior flat black with a wood like floor

The starboard side received the same painting, and I just added a small fuse/switch plate again with a Mike Grant decal.

 

[moon puppy]

Oh man, you're braver than I sir...

 

[sharkman]

Oh man, you're braver than I sir...

Why do you say that???

 

[phantom II]

Very interesting subject

Cheers Christian B)

 

[sharkman]

A little more work this morning! Had to do a little cutting and sanding on the tail to make it fit properly

Once that was done, I noticed the tail of the body was still a little warped. The problem (one of them) with resin kits! So, a little of the boiling water trick and....

better!

Then I still had to make a small spacer out of sheet styrene

everything is snug now but I'll still have to fill a little

painted the top part of the lower wing which is actually the cockpit floor before installing

slowly starting to look like a plane

a quick check of alignment

Not bad, but I might have to use some boiling water to straighten the tail once the CA dries

And again some filing and sanding by the wing roots

Couldn't resist a little test mock up! Cute little bugger isn't it?

These Noix kits are nice and rather simple. You can practically assemble the whole plane right out of the box just to get a look at it. They really did manufacture them nicely. Too bad they're OOP!

 

[sharkman]

Very interesting subject

Cheers Christian B)

Thanks Christian! Its a fun kit!

 

[MrT]

Nice work so far!!

 

[sharkman]

Thanks Terry!

 

[sharkman]

Very quick update with this one, did a little filling tonight and added a few of the metal parts.

I drilled out the exhausts on each side