[WWI] Imperial Russian Nieuport 17 color?

[Mikko Saarela]

The Mermaid plane was a French made Nieuport and painted with aluminum dope. 
The cowling was natural aluminum. Never mind the Eduard painting 
instructions. They have interpretated the only known  photo of the plane in 
a wrong way, I think There is not two colours on the cowling, just upper 
wing shadow making tricks.

You can find the photo of the mermaid Nieuport in Geust & Petrov: Red Stars 
3 (Apali 1999)

Mikko


> Hello,
>
> I got a great deal on the 1/48 Eduard Nieuport 17 in Russian Service 
> Special Edition kit (Clearance pricesd at $13).
>
> I've never been a big fan of the Eastern Front, so I don't know much about 
> the aircraft used there, but the price (and that cool mermaid decal) was 
> too good to pass up.....!
>
>
> My question:  Were Russian Nieuport 17s (and especially the one on the box 
> art, with the mermaid) painted with aluminum dope like the French 
> aircraft?   Or did they have a different base color?
>
> TIA!
>
> -Bill
>
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