Sopwith Camel Remix

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This is a remix of @xcorwin's exceptional Sopwith Camel model available at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2979886, but I'm unable to add it to his project as a remix because he has "No Derivatives" in his license. The parts here are all scaled to the same dimensions as his model, and my Fuse-Z attaches correctly to his Fuse-Y. Note that these parts are likely unusable for an RC model; the elevators, tailplane, and rudder all print out solid and consequently are quite heavy. Fuse-Z is modeled as a solid, and needs some infill. This project is still in progress... so far I've only published the empennage, but I'm also remixing the front of the fuselage mainly to allow incorporation of a Clerget 9B engine model. Probably I'll also need to remix the wings for the same reason as the tailplanes. The main motivation for this remix was that I'm printing a scaled-down (83% of his) model, and the tailplane and elevators don't print... the internal structure "bleeds through" the skin and leaves holes. Also his model has recesses in the Fuse-Z and a hole in the rudder for RC servos and linkages. And I wanted to print a "wooden" tailskid. Along the way, I discovered some Sopwith empennage plans, and his are slightly different. Whilst there, I added control horns to the elevators and rudder. Edit 8 May 2019: After examining a real Sopwith Camel, I now see that the curved turtledeck from behind the cockpit only extends as far as the front of the tailplane, so Fuse-Z and the fin will need to be redone.