Details of scale replica Nieuport sought

[Dave Homewood]

Colin Hay is now the owner of a 7/8ths scale Nieuport 17 that spent some time at Pikes Point and was formerly registed as ZK-NIE.


He writes: "I have now purchased this aircraft and it sits in my hangar at Oamaru and is undergoing a rebuild. I am trying to compile a record of its history after it left Timaru about the mid 90's and some of the Forum guys may be able to fill in some gaps for me. It did appear for sale on Trademe from Kerikeri at one stage then from Turners Auction in 2007 and lastly from Christchurch a couple of years ago when I bought it. Currently I have been replacing all the rat-eaten foam ribs in the upper mainplane with plywood and this has been a fiddly job but is now done. Only three foam ribs were left intact."

Can anyone help him with details of this aircraft's history please?

[Peter Lewis]

ZK-NIE
Circa Reproductions Nieuport 11 c/n MAANZ/471
20/3/1992  John D Lowther, Normanby, Timaru
F/f 5Jun93.
11/2/1997  Neil R M Lopez, Auckland
2/8/1999   Revoked by CAA. Offered for sale by auction at Auckland March 2007.









Good to hear that is gone to a good home.

Dave - the aircraft in your photo appears to be the Musso Nieuport 24 bis ZK-NIE/2  belonging to The Vintage Aviator.
No connection at all with ZK-NIE/1.

[Dave Homewood]

The photo was supplied to me by Colin to post.

[padrecolin]

Feb 20, 2014 14:59:24 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

Colin Hay is now the owner of a 7/8ths scale Nieuport 17 that spent some time at Pikes Point and was formerly registed as ZK-NIE.


He writes: "I have now purchased this aircraft and it sits in my hangar at Oamaru and is undergoing a rebuild. I am trying to compile a record of its history after it left Timaru about the mid 90's and some of the Forum guys may be able to fill in some gaps for me. It did appear for sale on Trademe from Kerikeri at one stage then from Turners Auction in 2007 and lastly from Christchurch a couple of years ago when I bought it. Currently I have been replacing all the rat-eaten foam ribs in the upper mainplane with plywood and this has been a fiddly job but is now done. Only three foam ribs were left intact."

Can anyone help him with details of this aircraft's history please?

Picture is of aircraft at Pikes Point! All internal wing bolts showed substantial rust and have now been replaced. Wing almost ready to recover.