Author Topic: Nieuport 17 RFC Armament Question  (Read 1378 times)

oldtrousers

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Nieuport 17 RFC Armament Question
« on: June 09, 2014, 10:53:36 AM »
Hi guys,
I have an old Academy Nieuport 17 in my stash that I picked up off of Ebay a few years ago.  I wanted to depict it as a RFC machine, but this particular kit does not come with the Lewis gun and I was wondering if any RFC Nieuport 17s were armed only with a Vickers machine gun. The plan is to depict the plane crashed with a Model Cellar figure standing in front of it sometime during "Bloody April'.
Thanks for any help!
« Last Edit: June 09, 2014, 11:37:18 AM by oldtrousers »

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Re: Nieuport 17 RFC Armament Question
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2014, 11:00:51 AM »
Sounds like a great plan you have for the Nieuport kit. As far as the Lewis gun goes, GasPatch models have a 1:32 scale Lewis gun kit, it is very good and might suit your needs.

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Re: Nieuport 17 RFC Armament Question
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2014, 09:12:17 AM »
you might want to try lone star models http://www.lonestarmodels.com/, Mike has some resin for the Nieuport 17 including Vickers & Lewis guns & magazines

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Re: Nieuport 17 RFC Armament Question
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2014, 10:14:22 AM »
Thank you Des anf Firechief for the responses. I'll have a look at both of the suggestions.

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Re: Nieuport 17 RFC Armament Question
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2014, 10:36:04 AM »
If you don't mind using PE set's . Tom's Model Works is a good source .





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