Revell Product Code: 04747 Scale: 1:28 Dimensions: 206mm x 314mm Skill Level: 3 No. of Parts: 56 Paints Required: 46 51 89 314 381 91 83 37 01 09 35 87 99 Additional Features
- Detailed surfaces with cloth texture
- Moving propeller & wheels
- Detailed 9 cylinder radial engine
- Detailed cockpit with seat, pedals, instrument panel & control column
- Ground crew figure
- Two 0.303in. Vickers machine guns
- Cord for tensioning wires
- Detailed decal set for the following two RAF versions
- Sopwith Camel, No. 10 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, Teteghem, France, March 1918
- Sopwith Camel, No. 45 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Istrana, Italy, early 1918 Aircraft Background Information Although it entered service relatively late in the First World War, the famous Sopwith Camel was still perceived as the best British fighter aircraft of the War. The Camel was a further development of the Sopwith Pup. It had a more powerful engine & was a little heavier. Compact positioning of the engine, fuel tank, machine guns & cockpit produced excellent manoeuvrability. It was not easy to fly but with 1294 kills was one of the most successful of all allied fighters. Various engines were fitted, the air-cooled Clerget engine had an output of 130 bhp (97 k W), & gave a maximum speed of 188 km/h. It was nicknamed the Camel due to its hump-shaped cowlingÂ’s over the two Vickers machine guns.