Nieuport XXI & Nieuport XXIII from Copper State Models

[kkarlsen]

 

 

 

News from Copper State Models... Nieuport XXI & Nieuport XXIII - Release spring 2020.

 

Kent

Edited December 6, 2019 by kkarlsen

[LSP_Ray]

Oooooohhhh!!!! I am going to have to get one of those! The XXI might be the way to go with the rockets!

[mozart]

No interest I’m afraid in the Nieuport but I love the boxart! 

[esarmstrong]

Interesting how the Nieuport XXI has rockets as its only armament.  Evidently it was a balloon-busting-specific aircraft.

[Troy Molitor]

Awesome box art.  

[Tnarg]

Can't resist "Bob" and I hope for about five or six more amazing Imperial Russian alternatives... Horses, Mermaids, Ilya Murometz, that Lady with her Sword and then there is the Don Republic and Ukraine versions.... too many interesting color schemes. If the box art is any clue, they hit this one out of the park.

 

Tnarg

[Alburymodeler]

Both nice, but I am hoping for the Starstrutter before these two.

 

[LSP_K2]

7 hours ago, Troy Molitor said:

Awesome box art.  

 

Agreed. Naturally enough, I'm still holding out hope for a WNW Nieuport 11 and/or 28.

[D.B. Andrus]

I remember the Aurora Nieuport with the rockets....this one sure is tempting.  Nieuport 11 and, especially the 28, YES!

[Rick Griewski]

I love the rockets and in real life they look as if something bad with fire and canvas could happen when they were launched. 
Rick

[RLWP]

2 hours ago, Rick Griewski said:

I love the rockets and in real life they look as if something bad with fire and canvas could happen when they were launched. 
Rick

 

Kind of the point really - hopefully the fire is confined to the target balloon 

[Fred Jack]

The Nie 21 had a Nie 11 Fuselage and Nie 17 wings and except for about two dozen were trainers. The 21s sent to the front caries one .303 Vickers gun. The Nie 23 was basically a failure until further wing bracing wires were installed along with Nie17 wings. It was soon replaced with the better Nie24. ref: French Aircraft of the First World War- Dr James J. Davilla and Arther M. Soltan

[Fred Jack]

I know I’m kicking a dead horse, but in my 60 years studying WW1 aviation None of my references nor I have ever heard of Nieuport numbers being Roman Numerals nor any other French Aircraft except SPADS.

[Kagemusha]

11 hours ago, Fred Jack said:

I know I’m kicking a dead horse, but in my 60 years studying WW1 aviation None of my references nor I have ever heard of Nieuport numbers being Roman Numerals nor any other French Aircraft except SPADS.

 

Could be an Eastern European thing, or French... 

[vince14]

9 hours ago, Fred Jack said:

I know I’m kicking a dead horse, but in my 60 years studying WW1 aviation None of my references nor I have ever heard of Nieuport numbers being Roman Numerals nor any other French Aircraft except SPADS.

All French aircraft were designated with Roman Numerals, the use of Latin numbers is due to the British (and later the Americans) using them in their documentation, which has been retained by English-language authors ever since. If you want to be strictly accurate, then using Roman Numerals is correct.