RODEN 616 NIEUPORT 28c. I WWI FIGHTER (94th AERO SQUADRON) 1/32 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
In 1917 the French aircraft manufacturer Société Anonyme des Establissements Nieuport produced a series of new fighters the Nieuport 24, the Nieuport 25 and the Nieuport 27. All of these types were progressive modernizations of the famous Nieuport 11 and Nieuport 17, which due to their very good flying characteristics, were possibly the best fighters at the time of their appearance. However, technical progress during the war years stepped on so briskly, that even the most successful designs could become obsolete within the year. At the end of 1917 it was decided to concentrate on building a conceptually new fighter. Unlike its predecessors, which were sesquiplanes rather than standard biplanes, the new fighter had wings of equal span and constant chord, and also an oval section fuselage (this innovation proved its worth in the Nieuport 27).
By the beginning of 1918 there had taken place the first successful test flights of the new machine, designated the Nieuport 28. It was one of the most elegant of contemporary single-seaters: the upper wing sitting close to the fuselage, the fuselage's slim outline, and an elliptical tail assembly completed its aesthetically pleasing looks. A 160 hp Gnome Monosoupape 9N engine was installed in the Nieuport 28, and its armament consisted of two synchronized Vickers guns.
It was intended that the Nieuport 28 would replace another French fighter, the SPAD VIIC.1, which had many problems with its Hispano Suiza engine. However, by the time the Nieuport 28 completed its tests, SPAD had produced a new type the SPAD XIIIC.1. This design exceeded Nieuport's machine in almost every respect and was accepted as the sole new fighter of the Aviation Militaire. It was decided to reject the Nieuport 28, and its fate would probably have been the same as that of hundreds of other relatively successful machines of the time, to remain as a prototype. However, fate decided differently, and the Nieuport 28 achieved its place in the history of aviation as the 'first American fighter'.
FEATURES:
* Brand: Roden
* Title: WW I Nieuport 28 c.1
* Number: 616
* Scale: 1/32
* Type: Full kit
* Released: 2008 New tool
* Topic: Nieuport 28 » Propeller (Aircraft)
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