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1/72 Sword Fiat G.55


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Dear fellow Britmodellers,

this is Sword's new 1/72 Fiat G.55, a kit presented at ModelBrno Show in June.

I bought two boxes (each box containing two model kits) plus an aftermarket bag, containing resin seat, air intake, wheels and a vacu canopy.

There's seven rather colorful marking options included.

The model fits reasonably, but has shallow and washed-out details and soft panel lines in some areas.

I found the assembly of the multi-part landing gear most challenging.

I found an original photograph of this machine in "Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana Italian Air Forces 1943 - 1945" by Richard Caruana (Modelaid).

It confirms the White fuselage band, but the nose is not visible.

Therfore, I went with Sword's instructions and painted the cowl yellow, and the spinner black & white.

Main colors are RLM74/75/76 from Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics range.

Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

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Thanks for your interest!

Best wishes from Vienna

Roman

Edited by Roman Schilhart
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Nice job but if I may, the background of the "Gigi tre osei" insignia should be in Verde oliva scurro and not such a bright green and the radio mast is a bit oversized. The "Centauro" is a great looking plane!

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Hi My Friend Roman!!!

Congratulations for this nice build and Once more admiring the wonderful modeling dexterities you have with a magnificent build one more time!!!

Really your modeling pace is amazing and your wonderful results are great.I liked a huge lot the nice description and the way you have finished this recent newcomer to the modeling scene, nice weathering and wonderful references you have used. 

Thank you very much for sharing!!!

Cheers,

 

Luis Alfonso

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14 hours ago, Zigomar said:

Nice job but if I may, the background of the "Gigi tre osei" insignia should be in Verde oliva scurro and not such a bright green and the radio mast is a bit oversized. The "Centauro" is a great looking plane!

 

Thanks for your feedback, Zigomar.

I noticed the oversized radio mast as well, something I will replace on my next example!

I went with the decals as supplied by Sword - they give you a green and a black option for the insignia.

Its difficult to make out the correct shade of green from original photographs, but you seem to be right -

here's a color profile of "Black 6" that is identical to Sword's suggestion, but shows a darker green on the insignia batch:

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2 hours ago, Luis Alfonso said:

Hi My Friend Roman!!!

Congratulations for this nice build and Once more admiring the wonderful modeling dexterities you have with a magnificent build one more time!!!

Really your modeling pace is amazing and your wonderful results are great.I liked a huge lot the nice description and the way you have finished this recent newcomer to the modeling scene, nice weathering and wonderful references you have used. 

Thank you very much for sharing!!!

Cheers,

 

Luis Alfonso

 

Thank you, Luis - you were of great help in obtaining the above mentioned reference book by Richard J Caruana.

With kind regards from Vienna,

Roman

 

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