1:72Scale Diecast Metal ? Sopwith Camel British Fighter 1917 ? Length: 3.25" Wingspan: 4.75? It includes a display stand. Although it is a small scale, the details are very impressive. This is not a toy, it is a display mode recommended for 15 and up. The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed by the Sopwith Aviation Company as a successor to the Sopwith Pup and became one of the best-known fighter aircraft of the Great War. In total, Camel pilots were credited with downing 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than their counterparts flying any other Allied fighter of the conflict. Towards the end of the war, the type also saw use as a ground-attack aircraft, partly because the capabilities of fighter aircraft on both sides had advanced rapidly and left the Camel somewhat outclassed.