Begemot Nieuport Type 21 in Russian Service Decals
By Matt Bittner
Begemot is known for providing a number of options on their decal sheets. If you want to build a lot of one type of aircraft then Begemot is the way to go. This time they cover biplanes, specifically Nieuport 21s that flew for/in Russia. These are not only World War I (WWI) schemes but also aircraft that flew on both sides during the Russian Civil War (RCW).
Begemot has released the Nie.21 set in three scales, 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72. All sets contain 35 different aircraft you can model:
- 1341, Sep 1917, as flown by Ensign Vladimir Kaminsky
- 1354, Aug 1917, as flown by Ensign Vsevolod Yakovlev
- 1668, 8th Aviation Sqn, 1916/1917
- 1572, 2nd Aviation Group, spring 1917, as flown by Capt Evgraf Kruten'
- 1514, 7th Aviation Group, 1916/1917
- 1685, 4th Aviation Group, autumn 1916
- 1710, Sevastopol Officer Aviation School, autumn 1916
- 1719, 9th Aviation Group, July 1917
- 1810, 4th Corps Aviation Group, 1917
- 1814, 2nd Corps Aviation Group, 1917
- 1825, 12th Aviation Group, 1917
- 1869, 12th Aviation Group, 1917
- 1873, 5th Corps Aviation Group, April 1917
- 1881, 7th Aviation Group, 1917
- 1882, Aviation Group of the Grenadiers Corps, 1917
- 1889, 7th Aviation Group, 1917
- 1890, 10th Aviation Group, 1917
- 1894, 6th Aviation Group, 1916/1917
- 1895, Sevastopol Officer Aviation School, autumn 1917
- 1970, Aviation Group of the Grenadiers Corps, 1916
- 1972, Aviation Group of the Grenadiers Corps, 1916
- 1986, pre-deployment, 1916/1917
- 1990, 32nd Corps Aviation Group, 1917
- 2175, 8th Aviation Group, 1917
- 2180, Unknown Serial Aviation Group, 1917
- 2193, 8th Corps Aviation Group, 1917
- 2239, 11th Corps Aviation Group, 1917
- Unknown Serial, 19th Corps Aviation Group, 1917
- 1292, 34th Recon Aviation Group, 1919
- 1948, Aviation Group Caspian Sea District, 1919
- Unknown Serial, Naval Aviation School, 1919
- Unknown Serial, Mocow Aviation School, 1919
- 1940, Czechoslovakian Army in Russia, 1919
- Unknown Serial, Aviation of the Volunteer Army Forces, 1919
- Unknown Serial, 1st Ukrainian Army Aviation Group, 1919
The decals are printed to Begemot's typical high quality and are in register. There are enough decals to finish all 35 aircraft. A couple of the aircraft carried Le Prieur rockets and one used skis instead of wheels so you'll want to be aware of those. I'm uncertain if the Eduard 1/48 and 1/72 kits come with those items, along with the Hobby Craft 1/32 kit.
These are superb decals and if you want to model a bunch of Russian Nieuport 21s then this is definitely the decal set for you.
Huge, huge thanks to Begemot for sending these in for review.
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