The SPAD S.XIII was a French biplane fighter aircraft of World War I, developed by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) from the earlier highly successful SPAD S.VII. It was one of the most capable fighters of the war, and one of the most-produced, with 8,472 built and orders for around 10,000 more cancelled at the Armistice.
The SPAD S.XIII first flew on 4 April 1917, and in the following month, was already being delivered to the French Air Service. Other Allied forces were quick to adopt the new fighter as well, and nearly half of the 893 purchased for the United States Army Air Service were still in service in 1920.
The aircraft soon found itself in all of the air forces of countries around the world, advancing aviation and providing an excellent fighter aircraft to many air forces.
We have recreated this marvelous aircraft as a paper card model airplane of the Spad XIII. Once assembled it will be difficult to differentiate from any wood or plastic model version.
This model comes as a download pdf file which should be downloaded and saved to your computer so that it can be reprinted as often as necessary.
You should print this pdf file on 32# paper in full color. For assembly all that is required is a pencil, a pair of scissors, a knife and some white glue.
Once assembled you will have a beautiful model which will be hard to differentiate from plastic or wood display models. This paper card model of the Spad XIII is a great school or family project.
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Here is a really cool desk display model of the Spad XIII:
For the really adventurous, how about a RTF (Ready To Fly) model of the Spad XIII?
