s00ntir Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 This was a really long - and somehow complicated - project. Complicated not because of kit's quality - which is actually really good - but because of my strange ideas to change this kit's "destiny" during the build. I bought it as 1/32 Special Hobby Fiat G.50-II - not "Bis" - and my first idea was to build it in Finnish markings. After the cocpit was done and fuselage halves glued together - suddenly I decided to make it Italian. Actually - Italian G.50 Bis because of the camo scheme I chose - 352 Squadriglia 20 Gruppo Autonomo C.T. Martuba , July 1941. So I had to make all the small blisters on engine cowling becase there was no such option in the kit. After several days of deliberating came the simplest possible solution - I just put small drops of Microsol Krystal Clear on carefully degreased surface, let it dry for 24 hours - and voila! Another task was to cut out short tail cone of G.50-II and replace it with longer one for G.50 Bis. Next came the riveting tool.... Special Hobby actually DOES a 1/32 Fiat G.50 "bis" - but buying another one would be "too easy" solution And this is my first Italian plane ever built. Next are coming. I hope you'll enjoy scvrobeson, Geoff Staniland, dodgem37 and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Welcome aboard, sir! You've done a great job on that G.50! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Always a pleasure to see an Italian aircraft, especially one done so well, looking forward to seeing the next model off your assembly line, and... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Looks great! You don't see these very often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Now that is really beautiful, great paintwork. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Welcome to the forums! The camo on your build looks really great! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Nice work. We need more Italian WW2 offerings, so this is great to see. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) I love that! Great scheme. And the decals are from where? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Edited December 8, 2021 by dodgem37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaro Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 What a great model! I like rivetting and restrained weathering on the bottomm surfaces. The additional effort paid off especially since the input stuff is just so-so. Applause is well deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s00ntir Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 The decals are partially from the kit - I've just repositioned code numbers. Some others are taken from PCM Macchi 202 - miraculously I got this Mc.202 with doble decals sheets :-) Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Lovely work indeed! Really well done, and welcome to the LSP forums btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Nice work love the Italian schemes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Really nice scheme, conversion, and build! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceofClubs Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Welcome aboard! Great camo. Perfect in scale! Next Italian project? ciao Filippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s00ntir Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 Next two are on the bench - a lot of riveting to be done ;-) Out2gtcha and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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