Hi Cliff,

Welcome to RCSB. 

The N11's rigging is fairly straight forward: Two landing wires from the top of the cabane struts to the bottom of the "V" and two flying wires from a point near the lower wing leading edge to the top of the V.  There are also cross-bracing wires on the front of the undercarriage and between the forward cabane struts.

A google search for Nieuport 11 will turn up hundreds of images showing the rigging.

My name's Don, but many people here just called me "Abu."  I've taught at a university in Japan for the past 20 years...yet have somehow avoided learning more than a minimal amount of Japanese.   My kids all went to Japanese public schools while they were in Japan and so are quite fluent.

By the way, are the rigging wires on your model meant to be functional or are they just for show?

A few years ago, I built one of the Flair "Legionnaires" kits (in Imperial Russian colors) which is a sport scale version of the Nieuport 17.  Even though functional rigging was not technically required it did add significant strength to the wings.

Hello Cliff,

the original 556 out of the Musee de l'Air at France.

Good luck and greetings from Germany,...Matz

Have fun.

I build only models that have flown in the original bad or even never.

Greetings

Welcome to the site.  Abu and I met on this site and, though we've never met in person, we've become close friends.  So, you'll never be alone.  I'm 69 going on 45, acting like 30 going on 12.  I've never grown up.  My goal is to be a nuisance to my kids & wife.  To that end, I think I'm doing quite well.  Like Don, I've built a Nieuport 17 about 40 years ago from a VK kit.  Turned out very nice.  If an S.E.5 is on the horizon, may I suggest you consider Don's S.E.5?  He's done an incredible job!