Rumpler

Rumpler 6B-1 by Form-a-Plane vacuform 1/72nd scale.

Answering the the call to produce a water borne fighter to protect German Naval seaplane bases, Rumpler modified their basic C-1 reconnaissance aircraft by adding a forward wing stagger, the removal of the second cockpit and the provision of a larger rudder to offset the additional side area of the floats. The first 6B-1s were delivered in July 1916 with a total of 38 being operational by May 1917. They served mainly at Zeebrugge and Ostend.

The kit was made in 1983 by master moldmaker Joe Chubbock. There were no decals or metal parts available but the kit contains everything necessary to build the kit. It is a well made kit that I made in 1995 using Ameical decals for the naval hex.