1/32 Special Hobby Fiat G.50-II Freccia
Aug 31, 2013 20:25:09 GMT -5
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Post by doogsatx/ on Aug 31, 2013 20:25:09 GMT -5
My latest project - Special Hobby's new large-scale Fiat G.50!
The kit itself looks pretty solid - if basic. Not a lot of detail parts to fuss with! There's a slight gritty, sand-like texture to the bigger airframe parts. I'm assuming some passes with fine sandpaper will knock that away in no time.
I'll be tackling this sucker OOB with the exception of some Airscale gauges for the instrument panel. Schemewise, I'm going with Ovia Touminen's FA-26. Tuominen was the most successful Finnish G.50 pilot with 23 kills in his Freccia and 44 total (he ultimately moved into a Bf 109G-2). He survived the war and became a taxi driver of all things.
The scheme is kind of a mix of Italian and Finnish, with an Italian tricolor mottle base (tan, red brown and green) painted over with olive green, but still showing through. Add the yellow bands and it's a looker for sure.
Another nifty element is the kill markings on the rudder, which were done with unusual front-on profiles of the aircraft shot down.
The initial test fit is rather promising. There's some issue with the wingroots, but it looks like it's likely a matter of needing to clean up the lower wing fit. The cowl fit remains a bit of a question mark, too. The instructions call for building it around the engine, but I'd really rather not! Hopefully I'll be able to just slide it over the A.74, but the engine is resin with separate cylinders, so I need to tackle it before I can figure things out on the cowl side. Everything else is blissfully drama-free.
More to come!
The kit itself looks pretty solid - if basic. Not a lot of detail parts to fuss with! There's a slight gritty, sand-like texture to the bigger airframe parts. I'm assuming some passes with fine sandpaper will knock that away in no time.
I'll be tackling this sucker OOB with the exception of some Airscale gauges for the instrument panel. Schemewise, I'm going with Ovia Touminen's FA-26. Tuominen was the most successful Finnish G.50 pilot with 23 kills in his Freccia and 44 total (he ultimately moved into a Bf 109G-2). He survived the war and became a taxi driver of all things.
The scheme is kind of a mix of Italian and Finnish, with an Italian tricolor mottle base (tan, red brown and green) painted over with olive green, but still showing through. Add the yellow bands and it's a looker for sure.
Another nifty element is the kill markings on the rudder, which were done with unusual front-on profiles of the aircraft shot down.
The initial test fit is rather promising. There's some issue with the wingroots, but it looks like it's likely a matter of needing to clean up the lower wing fit. The cowl fit remains a bit of a question mark, too. The instructions call for building it around the engine, but I'd really rather not! Hopefully I'll be able to just slide it over the A.74, but the engine is resin with separate cylinders, so I need to tackle it before I can figure things out on the cowl side. Everything else is blissfully drama-free.
More to come!
