1/72 Revell Nieuport 17 modified to represent a 17bis and marked as Charles Nungesser's aircraft.
I made the suggested corrections to the Revell fuselage as found on the old WWIMML site (increase fuselage depth at tail, exhaust channel up front, etc.) and laminated sheet styrene to the fuselage sides, sanded and filled to get the curved contour. Stretched sprue was used to create the stringers. A resin Clerget engine was used and wheels were replaced with Aeroclub. I reduced the depth of the cowl, but not enough... I was worried about clearing the replacement engine. Upper wing was replaced with the spare from the Eduard kit (filled the cutout with a piece of sheet styrene) This kind of dates this build as the only Eduard Nieuport out at this time was the Flyboys version.
I now understand that Nungesser's 17bis had rounded ailerons as on the Nie. 24. I'm going to say that this model represents his aircraft a day before the updated ailerons were installed... Yeh, that's it!
