AlexM Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Hi there, here is my first model published on this forum: the Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero in 1/32. The SM.79 was one of the best Italian warplanes, and – believe it or not – one of the most successful torpedo bombers of WW II. My model shows the normal bomber version from 1940/1941. It's a vacuform kit by Tigger Models, which just offers the "hollow shell" of the main parts (what is of course mentioned on the website of Tigger Models). So I had to do the whole interior and landing gear (mostly with Evergreen cards and profiles), get some resin engines (Bristol Pegasus/Alfa Romeo 126C43 by Vector) and create my own decals. The guns (Breda-SAFAT machine guns on the real thing) are a mixture of Browning M2 from CMK and parts of my spare box. The tail wheel came from my spare box, too. The vacuformed main wheels and the two-part engine cowlings from the kit were no usable. The engine cowlings of the finished model were partly made from covers of deodorants The forward part of the cowlings were 3D-printed, as well as the main wheels. I designed those parts on PC with the easy-to-use CAD-program SketchUp, and sent the file to a 3D-printing service. The exhausts are made from a styrene sprue. Beside the wheels and cowlings, the kit parts were really OK, although I had to use tons of putty. So, here we go: Cheers Alex Edited August 12, 2017 by AlexM Bruce_Crosby, sandokan, lawman56 and 26 others 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandokan Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 wowowowowow what a nice job!!! Magnific! Congrats Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 That's a VAC FORM!! Alex,you're a Scratch Build Wizard. Beautiful job. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Superior work Alex!!! Really great looking model, and the paint really makes it special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 That is an incredible bit of modelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Alex Breathtaking build. Simply fantastic work and the finish is wonderfully done. :clap2: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Woohoo ! Great build...you are very skilled....and the paint scheme...Bellissimo ! Joe66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Thanks a lot! Here are some close-ups: Edited August 12, 2017 by AlexM shbemo13, lawman56, SinuheH and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Sehr cool! Und die Lackierung ist auch super gelungen! Aweeeesome....!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 How cool is this! Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) wow - awesome! Never seen a 1/32 SM.79 before Edited November 14, 2014 by richdlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Also, may I ask what reference material you used for the detailing and interior ? I would love to build this vac kit myself ! Joe66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) I have the Warpaint Series No. 61 about the Sparviero, which offers lots of nice profiles, but just one pic of the cockpit. The Ali D'Italia No. 28 about the Sparviero offers some nice pics from the original manual. Both books show profiles of that specific plane I made, but those are nevertheless pretty different from each other. The best source are the manuals itself which can be found here: http://www.avia-it.com/act/profili_daerei/libretti_velivolo/avianew_profili_aerei_libretti_miana_velivoli.asp Maybe no serious reference, but at least a very inspiring source was the PC game Il2 Sturmovik, where you can fly a SM.79 with that specific paint scheme: Edited August 12, 2017 by AlexM Joe66, sandokan and D.B. Andrus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Very very inspirational. Well done. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 What a great model. Your execution of the detail in that plane would rival the best interiors of any other 1/32 plane kit made with all of the extras. Vacs do make sense, and I bet it is a lot lighter than the injection molded or resin alternative. It just looks amazing. Tnarg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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