I got back home from France yesterday, so have been doing some catching up, finishing off a few things and tying up loose ends. This Esci Nieuport 17 was originally painted as an Imperial Russian aircraft in light grey but I repainted it a couple of years ago in RFC silver dope. At the time I was happy with that but, as the tailplane was still black and there was no wing mounted Lewis gun, I decided today to sort it out properly. I added a spare Aeroclub Lewis gun and scratch built a Foster mount out of spare parts, painted over the tail in three colour stripes and added a spare serial number decal on either side. Nothing too tricky but it looks much more like an RFC Nieuport now. Jobs a good’un!