Thanks very much guys. This is a really helpful start. The Nieuport page is generally excellent, as I am sure you will agree. I have the Albatros Nieuport fighters vol 1 book on order.

I have found good stuff at the university of canada
http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/E...ion/sd085e.htm

The Williams engine, guns and wheels all look good. The pilot question is still open. I checked out your recommendation, but the website info is a bit sparse, I have contected them for more info and prices.

Now, I have a further puzzle which I will try to research but any help will be very much appreciated. Did every damn Nieuport of whatever nationality have the metal clips for the Le Prieur rockets on the struts? You would think so from the Nieuport pages and wingstrut (see below), I shall see whether photos confirm this. Actually, I would like to put them on the final plane as I think they add something. I am also thinking about a full set of static display rockets.

I hope to build a British Nieuport, I like the idea of the off-center Vickers. Also, I'm british dammit and I would like to be the second Nieuport flying over Berlin (the first did a long- range leaflet drop).
However, the only colour profiles I have yet found are at
http://wingstrut.com/nieuport_17br.htm
Anybody know any others? I am looking for a little more colour, although the red fuselage band on A6684 (see wingstrut) is rather handsome. Alternatively a combination of some form of camo with the aluminium cowl? I want to do a real aircraft though, so I shall have to live with what I can find.


Cheers