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logosub: "Plamo"
language: "en"
title: "Sopwith Camel"
page: "model-kits/airplanes/military/sopwith-camel"
model_name: "Sopwith F.1 Camel (BR.1)"
category: "Aircraft"
date: "1990-01-01"
status: "Building"
price: "€19,60"
series: ""
scale: "1/48"
number: "82171"
release: "2021"
manufacturer: "Eduard"
purchase_date: "2025-10-18"
purchase_store: "Eduard"
purchase_venue: "SMC (Scale Model Challenge) 2025"
purchase_location: "Veldhoven, Netherlands"
---

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## About the Sopwith Camel

This aircraft was created by the [Sopwith Aviation Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_Aviation_Company) and was used during the [First World War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I) by the British. 

## About the kit

I bought this kit at the Eduard stand at SMC (Scale Model Challenge) in Veldhoven, the Netherlands in 2025. I have the F.1 variant with a [Bentley BR.1 engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_BR1) and will be making the "Black Maria", used by the Canadian pilot [Raymond Collishaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Collishaw).

## Used paints

* Mr. Hobby - C43 Wood Brown
* Mr. Hobby - C45 Sail Color
* Mr. Hobby - C125 Cowling Color
* Vallejo - 72.051 Game Color - Black (Oil spats, machine guns)
* Vallejo - 72.052 Metallic - Silver (Machine gun edges)
* Vallejo - 72.055 Metallic - Polished Gold (for the instruments)
* Vallejo - 72.071 Game Color - Barbarian Skin (Machine gun handles)
* Rembrandt - 403 VanDyke Brown (oil paint for wood grain effect)

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      Bentley rotary engine
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      Control panel
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      Control panel with gloss varnish applied
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      Cockpit
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      Cockpit
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    Plusmodel Camel Pilot</a>
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## External links

* [Wikipedia - Sopwith Aviation Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_Aviation_Company)
* [Wikipedia - Sopwith Camel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_Camel)
* [Wikipedia - Raymond Collishaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Collishaw)
* [Wikipedia - Bentley BR.1 rotary engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_BR1)
