Friedrichshafen G.II (various scales)

After the Friedrichshafen G.I showed its potential, the Friedrichshafen G.II, a.k.a. the FF38, was put into limited production in 1916. It served from autumn 1916 through the end of 1917, gradually being replaced with the far-more-numerous and larger Friedrichshafen G.III.

Thirty-six were built in four batches: six in late 1915, eleven in Feb'16 (the twelveth being converted into the G.III prototype), twelve in Oct'16, and a final six in Feb'17. The latter two batches were built by Daimler rather than Friedrichshafen. In addition to serving at the front, the G.IIs became vehicles for numerous experiments in armament, structure, and tail-form, whose learnings surely contributed to the excellent G.III and G.IIIa. Friedrichshafen-built G.IIs featured five oval windows in the front fuselage covered with transparent Cellon.

This product comes in both 1:144 and 1:285/6mm/1:288 scales.  The 1:288 product uses propeller disks rather than blades, since blades are difficult to print at small scales.

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 on this plane, see https://linen.miraheze.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen_G.II.