HOB1682 - Hobbycraft - 1/32 Billy Bishop's Nieuport 17 - WWHP113727

HOB1682 - Hobbycraft - 1/32 Billy Bishop's Nieuport 17 - WWHP113727

Preowned, Resealed, Mint inside, Box worn

Includes aftermarket x4

William Avery “Billy” Bishop of Owen Sound, Ontario, became Canada’s top ace of the First World War, with 72 victories. Flying Nieuport 17 B1566 with No. 60 Squadron RFC in the spring of 1917, he scored quickly. On 2 June 1917 he attacked a German aerodrome alone, which earned him the Victoria Cross. The nimble French-built Nieuport 17 carried a Lewis gun on a mount above the upper wing, firing over the propeller, and it was one of the best Allied fighters of 1916 and 1917.

• 1/32 injection moulded kit, parts moulded in light grey, plus a clear windscreen
• One-piece upper wing, lower wings, rotary engine and alternate engine parts
• Lewis gun on an over-wing mount
• Kit decals for Billy Bishop’s B1566 “C”, the Canada Aviation Museum Bishop replica, and Russian markings
• Brass photo-etched detail fret
• Multilingual instruction sheet

Aftermarket:

• MasterCasters MST32060 Nieuport 17 resin cockpit detail set
• Roseparts 1/32 resin horseshoe replacement cowling for the Hobbycraft Nieuport 17
• Eduard 32620 pre-painted photo-etched WWI French seatbelts
• Blue Rider BR 505 WWI RFC roundels and stencils decal set, in 1/48 scale