Andrea Manfroi Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Well, the Ro.57 was in fact builtby IMAM (Industrie Meccaniche Aeronautiche Meridionali) the aeronautical branch of Alfa Romeo: the famous Alfa Romeo logo is clearly visible on the propeller blades. The story of this almost unknown italian warbird is very short and for those interested there is something available on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAM_Ro.57 Interesting characteristics were a very particular landing gear design and engine intruments positioned in two small panels mounted directly on the nacelles and visible from the cockpit. The Special Hobby 1/48 kit is quite basic and a lot of work is needed to add details. In this case I added scratchbuilt details in the cockpit and landing gear bays, cut flaps and tail control surfaces and re-built canopy with clear evergreen plastic sheet. Camouflage is not very exiting, just the standard italian dark green and light gray ... anyway I tried to make it a bit more interesting with pre shading and pastels. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Enjoy the pictures. Cheers Andy 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueskippy Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Lovely model, of an unusual subject. brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Nicely done. Never seen anything about that 'plane before. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 -E veramente bello - una bella macchina.....A beautifull model made in IIaly too rarely seen....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Wow, lovely model and very interesting subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 looks great, nice to see something different, not ive one seen before !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Very nice build. I like the weathering a lot. I am still before doing my Ro-57 (it is in the stash but in 1:72), so I was not studying this subject very much yet, however from I've read I would said that this is rather "bis" variant (np Ro-57 but Ro-57 bis) - with bomb racks, two more connons and dive brakes . Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGA Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 That is a very pretty aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne 0 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 The Italians certainly have a flair for style. Alfa still understand how machines should look. Great build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Now theirs a plane you don't see every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 guess I have never seen that plane before. nice to see something different so well modeled. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul A H Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 That's a really nice model of an unusual subject. I'm off to see if there's a 1/72 kit available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Manfroi Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 That's a really nice model of an unusual subject. I'm off to see if there's a 1/72 kit available... Yes, there are two 1/72 kits (Ro.57 and Ro.57 bis) both from Special Hobby. Have a look here: http://www.cmkkits.com/en/aircraft/index.php?fSort=3&fSeries=0&fScale=15&fNationality=89&fEra=6&fMaker=0&from=10 cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Beautiful build and finish,nice to see another Italian subject posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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