Caproni Ca.5 (Ca.44), various scales

The Caproni Ca.44 was the first in the series of large biplane Caproni Ca.5 bombers. The Ca.5's were somewhat larger than the Caproni Ca.3 bombers that preceded them. The Ca.44 went into service in early 1918 and served through the end of the war, with 255 of the various types built.  (Ca.44 was the company designation, Ca.5 was the military designation.)

The French had moderate success at the license-produced Caproni Ca.3 and they may have also produced some Caproni 5's in the form of the C.E.P.3 BN3. They also purchased at least twenty directly from Italy in early 1918, and those were redesignated the CAP.3 BN3.

This model comes in several scales.  In Detail Plastic, the 1:285/6mm/1:288 scale uses propeller disks rather than blades, since blades are hard to print at that scale. They can be gently broken off if you prefer a model without them.

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/Caproni_Ca.44.