Richard Alexander has sent a run-down on what's new at Wingnut Wings. Aparts from fresh releases, there's a heads-up on price rises due in March and the news we've all been waiting for... the début of the new Sopwith Camel test-shots in April.

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Sopwith Camel at LAST!!!

What's a Camel?

Honestly I am sorely tempted to reply with a silly comment, but...

The Sopwith Camel was a high performance fighter that entered service in the spring of 1917 to replace the Sopwith Pup. It was called the Camel because of the cover over the machine gun installation between the cowel and the cockpit that was a hump in the normal straight line of the fuselage from nose to tail (as in the Pup). Go to Google images or Bing images and type in the name and get several pages of pictures.

The fighter was very touchy to fly because of a small airframe and a large (powerful) rotary engine. ("Take off straight and do not turn (especially left) until you reach altitude. The torque will kill you")

It was the mount of Aces.

Good hunting

Captn Tommy

I was being facetious, but thanks for the info blurb Camel is much awaited WnW release and a very likely 1st batch order (unless the US price increase is Dr.Evil' "One million dollars")

I've even started a Sopwith RNAS Pup build to await the Camel - reminds me to start the build blog with said name.

Where does it say "price increase"? I just went to their website and it doesn't even mention any price increases, and their prices haven't changed either. It's already tomorrow in New Zealand, isn't it (March 1)?