RE: Building the Proctor Nieuport 11
Bob,
I enjoyed your Camel thread so much that I'm glad to offer something in return. Proctor must have sold a lot of Nieuport 11's. Funny you don't see many built though. I hope this thread can help change that. With a 63" wingspan it's quite manageable.
One of the things I'm working on right now is substituting balsa strip laminations for the bamboo wingtips. The bamboo has a habit of returning to it's original shape and distorting outlines on finished models. Bob, I heard the earliest Proctor Nieuports featured the lamination method. If your kit does I'd sure like to know how Lou Proctor did it. My current plan is a strip of 1/64 ply and 3 strips of 1/16 balsa. With the strips cut 3/16 wide I should end up with a D shaped cross-section roughly 3/16 x 3/16.