Academy 12447 1/72 Sopwith Camel WWI Fighter

The British Sopwith Camel, a wooden biplane fighter aircraft from World War I. It owes its nickname to the "hump" in front of the pilot's cockpit, which housed machine guns. The Camel was the successor to the successful Sopwith Pup fighter. The first flight of the prototype took place in December 1916, and deliveries to front-line units began in the summer of 1917. The first series batches required great skills from the pilots and showed an asymmetry of flight characteristics unseen in other Allied machines. Over time, however, the Camel gained a reputation among pilots as a very maneuverable, solid machine with a good rate of climb. It was a worthy rival for German machines from the Albatros or Fokker factories. Several versions of the Camel were created during the war. The most important of them are: F.1 - fighter, F.1.3 - night fighter, TF1 - attack aircraft (Trench Fighter), 2F.1 - carrier-based fighter. Thanks to the start of serial production by eight different aircraft manufacturers, it was possible to produce as many as 5,490 machines during the war. Technical data: Maximum speed: 185 km/h; rate of climb 5.5 m/s, maximum ceiling 6,400 m, armament: 2 Vickers machine guns, caliber 7.7 mm, firing through the propeller. In the assault version, Lewis machine guns, caliber 7.7 mm.

This is an injection-plastic jet aircraft model kit.