Nieuport 17bis

A potential shortage of Le Rhône engines led to a variant of the Nieuport 17 using the 130hp Clerget engine and fully faired fuselage sides. It was never widely used by the French (one notable exception being a plane flown by Nungesser) but it did fully equip one RNAS squadron and partially equip another. By the time the 17bis entered service in late 1916, there were better planes available to both French and British aviators, so it was not very popular..

1:144 Scale

 * Shapeways

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

 * Shapeways: RAF, RAF