Sopwith Baby

The Sopwith Baby was a Sopwith Schneider mounting the 110hp Clerget engine (and later the 130hp model). The change of the engine also forced a change from the pointed nose of the Schneider to a horseshoe cowling. While early Babys used the same gun mount as the Schneider: a top-wing Lewis angled upward to clear the propeller, later Babys used a synchronized Lewis that made for easier aiming.

Like the Schneider, the Baby performed a variety of missions from naval bases and from seaplane carriers in most theatres of the war. Fifty-eight were still on charge near the end of the war.

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 * Italian NAS Trieste

1:144 Scale

 * Shapeways: Kampfflieger
 * Metal kit:

1:300 Scale

 * Shapeways: Kampfflieger