The French-built SPAD XIII was one of the most famous fighters of WWI. While most of the fighters in use during the War used a rotating radial engine (rotary), the SPAD was one fo the first to use the more powerful and efficient liquid-cooled inline type, which later became the standard power unit for fighter aircraft for many years. So effective was the SPAD that several Allied countries used it during the War, including the US, who had no combat airplanes of its own design at the time. Armed with one or two Vickers 7.65mm machine guns firing through the propeller arc, the SPAD was a formidable foe. Some versions of the plane carried a devastating 37mm Hotchkiss cannon mounted in the nose and firing through the propeller hub. Other SPADs carried strut-mounted Le Prieur rockets.
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Product Details:
Scale: 1/72
Skill Level: 2
Parts: 20+
- Painting and assembly required
- 2 sprues
- Molded in grey plastic
- One decal sheet
- Fully engraved panel lines
- Illustrated instructions and paint guide
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