[WWI] Bishop's Nieuport

[Andy Bannister]

> 
> IIRC there was a line up of the squadron with those numbers, 
> and it seems 
> like the big numbers were painted for that picture and 
> weren't part of the 
> usual squadron looks. Maybe someone can confirm this version, 
> since I kind 
> of remember it hazily?

Thanks for that Diego. I hadn't heard that the large letters/numbers were a
temporary feature. I'd still like to see photo though. Even Bishop's own
book "Winged Warfare" doesn't show this scheme. 

> The cone de penetration (somehow this makes me think of a 
> nasty gizmo of 
> Agent 86) didn't spin along with the propeller, it was 
> stationary and was 
> designed to improve the aerodinamics of the airframe... 
> however the effect 
> was so negligible (and the cone was quite fond to become 
> loose in flight) 
> that it was soon abandoned.
> D. 

Yep, I know the cone de penetration was stationary; it was bolted to the end
of the fixed crankshaft and was usually removed pretty quickly. I have seen
his aircraft modelled with one though (and if I recall Hobbycraft has it the
box art for their 1/32nd version in Bishop's markings in spite of the fact
that there isn't one in the kit) but again, have never seen a pic of his
aircraft with one.

Andy