The
HMS Campania was refitted as an aircraft carrier in April 1915 and the Fairey Campania holds the distinction of being the first aircraft built specifically built for carrier use. This seaplane would take off from the 120-foot flying deck using wheeled trolley, but it would land on the sea and be recovered by crane. The F.16 prototype used the Rolls-Royce Eagle IV, but the production F.17 Campanias used the 275hp Eagle V. When shortages of Rolls-Royce engines became acute, the Campania was re-engined with the Sunbeam Maori II in the form of the F.22 Campania.
The Campania was built in moderate numbers and gave good, if unspectacular, duty on long patrol from 1917 through the end of the war, and they were also used during the Russian civil war.
This model is available in 1:144 and 1:285/6mm/1:288 scales. Small-scale products use a propeller disk rather than blades.
DESIGNER NOTE:
Models at scales smaller than 1:144 may no longer be available. Shapeways discontinued the material for which they were designed, and the newer materials require that each and every model be adjusted to thicken surfaces like wings. If you are interested in a particular model in a small scale, please let me know and I will prioritize it higher in the queue.
For more details and gaming information, see
https://linen.miraheze.org/wiki/Fairey_Campania.