Popular Post mc65 Posted October 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) hi all, here a "Kappone" (big K) built on request of a colleauge of mine, itself being the son of a pilot serving in the Aeronautica Militare Italiana, 51° stormo, in the 60ties. strange enough, being an aircraft built by Fiat on license from North American, there is not so much references about it. so, I mantained a low profile attitude, trying to hold off my rivet counter attitude and finish it in a reasonable time to present it to the unaware final recipient. I just added an Eduard set, very useful in the cockpit area, and made some stencils for the italian codes to emulate the 51-32, serial 54858, aircraft of the "pluto" group with the red tail, to wich was attached my colleauge's father. the only thing I modified was the angle of the opened speed brakes, totally mistaken by KH. painted with Alclad II and fitted with beautiful HGW RBF flags. a simple wooden base with lightly painted sandpaper was made to accomodate it safely. actually I haven't a big feeling with modern era airplanes, but build this one was relaxing and interesting, opening a new mental window toward the post WWII era in my mind. enjoy! Edited October 6, 2021 by mc65 Daniel Leduc, MikeC, Iain and 53 others 55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Absolutely wonderful, always nice to see an aircraft in Italian markings. Out2gtcha and mc65 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 That is really gorgeous. Well done! mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight Line Media Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Awesome work, @mc65! Nice paint scheme. Thanks for sharing it. mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Beautiful build and finish! mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxIt Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Complimenti, bellissimo! Molto realistico il seggiolino, bella la resa del metalizzato. Bel lavoro e bel ricordo del Kappone mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterD Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Very nice! mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Very well done!! Thanks for sharing. Rod mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Very nice!! mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 That is absolutely beautiful! Love the NMF, perfect mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Very Nice Sabre Dog! mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Spectacular K model! May I post it on the website? mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 To me, the prettiest cold-war jet for sure! And you certainly did it justice with this build. Very very nice finish! mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc65 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 11 hours ago, LSP_Ray said: Spectacular K model! May I post it on the website? sure I'll be pleased of that! just let me know if you need other info about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcour Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Absolutely fantastic model. The NMF is beautiful and the seat is too mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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