Roden 051 Sopwith F.1/3 Comic Night Interceptor 1:72

The appearance of one of the best fighters of that period, the Sopwith F.1 Camel, and its employment in Home Defence tasks, encouraged the designers to modify it as an interceptor. The cockpit was displaced to the rear to improve the pilot's view, the machine guns were removed from the fuselage to the top wing (for this purpose a Foster mounting was used) and minor changes were made to the construction of the fuselage.

This was the same basic Sopwith F.1 Camel; however, it was somewhat different from the standard fighter. The type received its semi-official name - Sopwith F.1/3 Comic - probably thanks to its slight similarity to its predecessor Comic Fighter based on the Sopwith 11/2 Strutter.ÊIn comparison with the standard model, there were not many of this modification produced (no more than 100-150 aircraft from different sources). All machines were immediately delivered to Home Defence squadrons.

They did not achieve any famous victories, and they were very quickly forgotten, being overshadowed by their famous relative the Sopwith F.1 Camel; however the Sopwith F.1/3 Comic represented a specialized concept of airplane-destroyer, becoming a basis for the development of more modern types in the future for Home Defence purposes.