First of all, thanks a lot Louis @lgardner to start this amazing group build.

With so many wonderful entries already in this groupbuild, I felt the need to present my upcoming build as well.

With two builds on the bench currently it might take however some time before I get started.

My choice is the Eduard ProfiPack 1/48 of the Nieuport Ni-17.

The only experience with bi-planes I have are a Henschell Hs123 and a Supermarine Walrus so this Nieuport will still be a challenge.

When opening the box, all is typically Eduard, a nice colorful instruction booklet with some history about the aircraft, three sprues, a tiny windscreen, a photo etch sheet, masks and a decal sheet for various schemes. Currently the preferred scheme is the N1530 aircraft flown by Lt. Georges Guynemer.

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Excellent entry, my friend @johnb! Looking forward to it!
Thanks for the heads up, my friend @tcinla, as I have the same mold, hoping to tackle it some time.

@johnb great choice. Looking forward to seeing it take shape! Beautiful plane!

@yellow10, thank you, Paul. I was thinking about building it as shown on the boxart, likely too complex for my skills, let's first build the aircraft itself.
@j-healy, thank you, John. I do like those bi-planes a lot, but those complex multi-wing aircraft hold me back in building them.

@lgardner, thanks a lot, Louis. Seems like you had a wonderful time with that Aurora N-17, definitely no mental help needed. To my opinion we had so much more imagination at that time than what the youngsters have these days.

The fog of time just cleared for me. The Aurora kits were Nieuport 11s. Hawk did the Nie 17. Built a couple of those too.

As usual, although I do have two other builds ongoing, I was not able to withstand starting this kit.

Last Wednesday I went to a nearby, 45 minutes from my hometown, hobby store and while enjoying every minute there, I came across a thin strip of mahogany. I thought that this could be used for the interior of the Nieuport.

This evening I gave it a try and cut some strips, the strips are dry fitted in the picture but this is what it will look like more or less. If I go for this approach I need to see how much I need to thin the other parts.

Wondering what you guys think of this wooden like interior.

@johnaitken, thanks for the feedback, John. You are absolutely right. This was just to see how the wood would look like. If correct I would have created smaller strips.