Jon Bryon Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) Hello all, This is Special Hobby's 1/48 Fiat G.55A Centauro. It's a mixed bag and what you'd expect from a 2008 moulding: variable fit, lots of clean-up, chunky mouldings and multi-media parts. The undercarriage is particularly terrible. The decals are excellent. It's meant to be painted silver, not NMF. Various metallic paints used with oils on top, which was difficult as they tended to get little traction on the smooth surface. Canopy is vac-formed and was designed for a different kit so unsurprisingly, in my view, is the biggest weak point of the finished article. The undercarriage actuating arms and pitot have been fabricated from Albion Alloys brass tubing. This is the first model I've made in the past 25 years (I think) with no clear coats on it. I finished it in under four weeks, so that's the fifth for 2020 and I'm on track with my build schedule More photos and longish build article at http://jonbryon.com/special-hobby-1-48-fiat-g-55a-centauro/ Thanks for looking, Jon Edited May 28, 2020 by Jon Bryon 26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzhamer Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 It’s a gorgeous model, I don’t think ever seeing a G.55A in silver, thumbs up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Really lovely work. Striking. It shows off that Italian engineering! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi Jon, your Centauro looks gorgeous. Great to see an postwar scheme, the silver finish really highlight the elegant lines of the Fiat. Your shading and filtering really brake up an otherwise potentially monotone finish. In short, a joy to look at Cheers Markus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) Incredibly attractive model Jon! She looks lean and mean in that silver livery. Those actuating arms on the main gear and the pitot are just gorgeous work. Did you turn that detail on a lathe? Very impressive job! Edited May 25, 2020 by Gary Brantley 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Thanks all. 18 minutes ago, Gary Brantley said: Did you turn that detail on a lathe? Nope - they're just made from Albion Alloys brass tubing: Cheers Jon 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 🍺 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom.boom Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Work of ART, indeed 😍🤩 !!! Would You tell us little bit more about the process of painting, especially about the weathering? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Beautiful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Impressive work, very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Bella Machina! But then the Italians always had an eye for gorgeous industrial design. I'm off to Wikipedia to find out more about this aircraft. Brilliant work! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 That is a gorgeous model. It has a nice lived-in and war weary look about it. The G.55 and Macchi C.202/5 are amongst the most beautiful WWII fighters ever made. Come on Eduard......... Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Crikey, that was quick! What is this “build … schedule” thing you speak about? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 3 hours ago, boom.boom said: Work of ART, indeed 😍🤩 !!! Would You tell us little bit more about the process of painting, especially about the weathering? It was a bit of a hodge-podge really. The basic metallic colours where airbrushed (from my article): The model was painted in stages over a primer coat of Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black. The intention was to try and get a patchy, layered silver finish. I airbrushed Alclad White Aluminium, Steel and Magnesium in various mixes, Mr Color 8 Silver, 104 Gun Chrome and 211 Chrome, and also threw in a few areas of KColors Steel. Some of the darker areas were masked using liquid frisket film dabbed on with a sponge around the leading edges of various items before paler shades were airbrushed over the top. I also made good use of some Artoolfx and Uschi van der Rosten stencils to get more a more blotchy finish. The weathering consisted of a pin wash of Abteilung 502 Smoke mixed with some Neutral Grey. Over this I then brushed on various shades of the same brand of oil paint: smoke, neutral grey, engine oil, sepia, dark mud, and kept working it with a dry brush until I was happy. Some AK Interactive odourless thinners was also used for blending. I also got some of the brown shades from an AK Interactive weathering pencil which I applied wet and then dabbed away. The oils took a long time to dry as the metallic paint was very smooth. There are no clear coats on the model. HTH Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 3 hours ago, pigsty said: Crikey, that was quick! What is this “build … schedule” thing you speak about? The next five years looks like this: 2020 Revell OA-10A Catalina AMP HUK-1 Huskie Hasegawa F-16A 2021 Kinetic F-16B Hasegawa F-2A Academy T-50 AFV Club F-CK-1 Classic Airframes Duck Revell F-84E Kinetic F-84F 2022 Tanmodel RF-84F Revell A-6E Kinetic EA-6B Hobby Boss A-6A Czech Model Yak-15 'Feather' Mikro Mir Yak-23 'Flora' Hobby Boss F8F-1B Bearcat Sword T-38 Classic Airframes F-5C 2023 AFV Club F-5E AFV Club F-5F Airfix Hawk T.1 Airfix Hawk Mk.127 Kinetic T-45C Hasegawa F-104S Hasegawa F-104D Hasegawa Phantom FG.1 2024 Academy F-4B Trumpeter F-100D Revell F-101B Kitty Hawk F-101C Kitty Hawk RF-101C Trumpeter F-106A Roden JOV-1A Mohawk Revell Learjet C-21 2025 Classic Airframes Seahawk Hasegawa Harrier GR.7 Hasegawa Harrier GR.5 Kinetic Sea Harrier FA.2 Kinetic Harrier T.4 Revell Falcon 10MER Academy CH-46 Sea Knight Subject to change. The mission is to finish the stash... Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
352nd Fighter Group Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Hello Guys I have a 1/72 scale Resin conversion to turn a G.55 into a fiat G.59 it uses the special Hobby g.55B but I dont want to use that kit can you use any fiat G,55 kit Ilke the sword Fiat g.55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toniosky Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Very nice work and beautiful choice on the scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, 352nd Fighter Group said: Hello Guys I have a 1/72 scale Resin conversion to turn a G.55 into a fiat G.59 it uses the special Hobby g.55B but I dont want to use that kit can you use any fiat G,55 kit Ilke the sword Fiat g.55 I'm afraid I have no idea. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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