PeterB Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hi Tony, I have an Macchi 205 I may be able to build - I used the prop/spinner on another kit but could probably sort something out. If all else fails I have some Italeri Italian tanks so count me in. Cheers Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Twist my arm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) Siamo trenta! Tantissime grazie, @PeterB e @John Masters! I don't know what "Bunfight" is in Italian... but we're going to it! @Enzo Matrix would you mind awfully..? Edited October 18, 2021 by TonyOD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I've got some FIAT and some other Italiano la roba...materiale... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Sono in ritardo ma ora sono pronto! Ciao, Adrian(o) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tucker Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I've got a few Italian ww2 planes I've been looking at the boxes of for far too long. This might be the kick I need to do the CANT Z501 I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Benvenuti, @AdrianMF e @Richard Tucker! (Could this be the first group build to be conducted in two languages? 🤔) I like the sound of that CANT Z501 Richard. There are some great Italian subjects in the Italeri lineup (well, there ought to be really!) My options are bird-themed... I have a Sparviero (Sparrowhawk) and a Cicogna (Stork) in the stash both of which would fit the bill (boom, boom!), but I saw an Airone (Heron) the other day and it is calling out to me!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I built this Airfix SM79 for the Classic Airfix GB a few years ago. I enjoyed every minute of building it. It's about time I did something similar. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 minute ago, TonyW said: I built this Airfix SM79 for the Classic Airfix GB a few years ago. Ooh that's lovely. Those Italian camo jobs scare the bejeezus out of me though, when I build my "hunchback" it'll be be plain grey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Here's one of mine from last year (Airfix Hi-Tech Kit). I fancy 2 wheels for this one if it gets through. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 On 10/18/2021 at 10:58 AM, TonyOD said: Please feel free to post your Italian builds for inspiration! That is quickly done, because I have only one. A model of the prettiest flying boat ever built, the Macchi M5. I’m afraid I never finished the base... 😳 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Come ho fatto a perdermelo?? .. don't know how I missed this! I'll sure be in if this gets through the bunfight, plenty of subjects in the stash of course, both WW2 and postwar, Italian made and foreign in tricolore markings. Now let me think of a good translation for bunfight... 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Giorgio N said: Come ho fatto a perdermelo?? Finalmente Giorgio, sei arrivato... non volevo chiederti... 😂 I'm pretty sure there isn't a direct translation of Bunfight into Italian! Would rissa cover it? Tafferuglio, maybe? 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Rissa sounds pretty good! There may be some funnier translations, wonder if in Florence they have a good word to use.. The language in Toscana is maybe THE most "colourful" in the whole Country.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Giorgio N said: wonder if in Florence they have a good word to use.. The language in Toscana is maybe THE most "colourful" in the whole Country.. That's where I learned my Italian, or where I made a good start at least. I don't remember a particular word though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 Some lovely builds from @wimbledon99 amd @Torbjorn there! So many possibilities under one tricolore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettore Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Goodmorning everyone It is the good opportunity to put my hand in several Italian kits and sorry if I try to do the ones that were in my city during the IIWW Some old kit I hope I have given you enough insights. all these planes, except the Mc 202 with amebe and Nardi F.N.305 , were based in Palermo Boccadifalco before July 1943, after this date the allies arrived in Sicily and now I am starting to build the Spits in Palermo and Termini Imerese (52nd FG and 3nd FG). Ettore 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 Beautiful models @Ettore, thank you for sharing. Lo Sparviero in particolare mi piace molto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Excellent models @Ettore. As far as Italian subjects go I've only got this Tamiya Ferrari Testarossa. DSCF2324 by timothy jones, on Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 Lovely example that, @TimJ! Planes are my thing but I’m hoping we’ll get to see Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Ducatis… (maybe even a Piaggio or a Vespa! 🛵) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Here a few of mine, all models that have appeared before on the forum for the simple reason that I have pictures of these while I don't for older models... A pretty standard WW2 MC.202: Then one of the immediate postwar replcaments for the Italian built fighters, the NA P-51D, here in 4° Stormo markings Last for this round, the type that replaced the Mustang in the same 4° Stormo and the first jet fighter in Italian service, the DH Vampire: All in 1/72 scale, Macchi is from Hasegawa, Mustang from Tamiya and Vampire is Special Hobby's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 Magnificent, @Giorgio N! I have to say I prefer the look of the tricolore roundels over the fasces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 hours ago, TonyOD said: Magnificent, @Giorgio N! I have to say I prefer the look of the tricolore roundels over the fasces. I'd agree, leaving all politics aside the WW2 types are interesting for their design and the camouflage schemes but I do tend to prefer the postwar types in terms of markings. Not that the WW2 types were devoid of interesting unit markings, they actually featured some great ones, but I'm more drawn to the ones carried in the '60s and '70s Should the GB go ahead, I'll most probably build something from this era, a G.91 or an AMX would be interesting as they are also of Italian design. Now if only someone issued a new 1/72 G.91Y.... guess I'll have to struggle with the old Matchbox kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Giorgio N said: Now if only someone issued a new 1/72 G.91Y. A decent G91 in any scale would be welcome. Perhaps this GB could give people the opportunity to build the Italian Tornado that never got done in the STGB. Having visited the superb Italian Air Museum north of Rome a few years ago, my contribution will be one of the Schneider racers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Had forgotten this, 1/48 scratch built Caproni Campini. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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