Roden 1/32 SPAD VII c.1 with Russian Skies | 617In early 1916 a competition was announced among French aircraft builders to design a fighter which would be able to counter the new German Fokker E. II Eindecker. One of the aircraft presented in the competition had an engine derived from the new V shaped Hispano Suiza automobile engine developed by the Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt. The biplane box was borrowed from the SPAD A2, now freed from that aircraft's forward cabin. This plane was called the

- Front wheels w/authentic tread detail made from DS

Upper hull and Rear:

- Highly detailed sprocket mounts are separate parts

Linked together

2cm-long casing

- Special design for flak gun mount

The hexagonally shaped turret

The sIG33 auf Fgst

as well as a large force moving west directly against the city

fender skirts and top up and down

Plastic parts: Eduard

2mm main gun and two MGs