Have just bought the Roden 48th kit,but would like to build a Latvian a/c as used by that country during the 20's.Which countries supplied these a/c,Britain or France.Also,at a model show recently,someone mentioned to me that the undercarriage is a little suspect.Any info would be appreciated.TIA...Dave (:-)

TrooperD,

Looking through my copies of Windsock Datafiles on the Strutter it shows a single photo of a Latvian AC. It looks to be a British machine (but hey, I'm no expert) since I can't see the extra strut the French added. The caption states that this machine (shown without engine) was fitted with a Siemens-Halske 9 cylinder engine. It doesn't have a cowling, so I can't comment on what other mods the nose has.

The Latvian model also shows wire wheels on the undercarriage.

Hope this helps,
Mika

Thanks for that Mika,will now pop down to book store to buy W/S datafile.Am really looking forward to those wire wheels.Regards.....Dave

Greetings all;

Just resurrecting this old thread...digging up old bones. Here a USN Nieuport 28 and Sopwith 1 1/2 get put together and trued. Don'tcha just Love newly discovered images?