NEW FORUM POSTS

March 07, 2008

NEW ITALERI SAVOIA MARCHETTI SM.82


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January 11, 2008

BACK IN STOCK: SPECIAL HOBBY 1/48 FIAT G.55


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December 15, 2007
NEW ALI D'ITALIA REFERENCES


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August 15, 2007
NOIX 1/48 SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACERS
NOW AVAILABLE HERE


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Feburary 13, 2007

NEW DAN ZOERNIG MACCHI C.205V "VELTRO!" PRINT


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October 28, 2006

THE CLASSIC AIRFRAMES BUILDOFF 2006

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October 07, 2006

NEW STORMO! FORUM

As I promised last year, a new forum was in the works. Although I enjoy the current forum format, the phpbb style format is so widespread now that its become the standard. And so today, I roll out the New Forum. The style, colors and the theme reflect much of the feed back I received from the current forum. The New Forum is separated into two parts, a Modeling Forum and a History Forum. The Modeling Forum contains a "Pics" section in which a Prize will be awarded for the best pics twice a year. The History section is extensive with fifteen topics covering all the major theaters of operations of the RA and ANR. I also provided a forum for "Other History Eras" that cover flight from its earliest inception. There's also a general History section. Also included is a Research section and a Current Events forum covering the latest News, Politics and Sports. The New forum comes with many different and interesting avatars of RA fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft and RA/ANR units. Each registered user begins with a Pilot ranking and is promoted to Squadron Commander, then Gruppo Commander and so on depending on the number of posts posted.

I'll continue with the current forum until the end of the month at which time I will close this forum and transition to the New Forum format. Until then please do register and do contact me with any suggestions for the New Forum.

Finally, I'll be running the Classic Airframes BuildOff Contest 2006 in the coming week, details and prizes to be announced.

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August 05, 2006

CHRIS BUSBRIDGE AVIATION ART
CANT Z.1007 Prints $13.99 USD


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April 17, 2006

NEW STORMO! 1/48 DECALS - ITALIAN WWII ACES, PART I

I'm happy and very proud to announce the first STORMO! Product, Italian WWII Aces 1/48 Decals Part I. The sheet includes decals for five Italian aces and five different machines. The decals are printed by Cartograph and are very high quality. Articles of completed models will be posted in Forum in the coming weeks.


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February 23, 2006

NEW CLASSIC AIRFRAMES 1/48 FIAT CR.32

Spanish Civil War and Regia Aeronautica Versions
Preorder $25.99 USD

In keeping with its recent run of High-Quality Italian WWII aircraft kits, Classic Airframes have now announced the shipping of their new 1/48 Fiat CR.32 in both Spanish Civil War and Regia Aeronautica markings. The decal sheets will be extensive including markings for machines piloted by Italian Ace D. Fanali, the Duca D'Aosta, Spanish Civil War Ace Joaquin Garcia Morato and many more others. The kits are expected to arrive in the coming weeks.


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January 02, 2006

NEW DAN ZOERNIG FIAT G.55 "HUNTING PARTY"
WATER COLOR $39.99 US


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April 8, 2005
As part of the continuing commitment to provide the highest quality products and offerings, STORMO! is proud to announce the availability of Dan Zoernig Illustrations. For a limited time only purchase "Dai Banana!" and get Free Shipping anywhere in the US and Canada + $5.00 discount off the List Price. Overseas purchases receive 50% Off S&H. This Exclusive Introductory Offer will continue to the end of July, 2005 and is only available to members of STORMO! Only a limited number of prints available.


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February 25, 2005
As a long time admirer of the high-quality kits of Classic Airframes it gives me much pride to announce the Corporate Sponsorship of STORMO! by Classic Airframes. Classic Airframes is a Manufacturer of High-Quality plastic kits. Classic Airframes are well known for their accurate and highly detailed kits at affordable prices. Their recent releases including the 1/48 Fiat CR.42 have established this kit manufacturer as a leader in its field. Classic Airframes kits are well researched, highly accurate and contain great decals and instruction sheets together with many different options to build. I would like to thank personally Jules Bringuier, CEO of Classic Airframes and David Veres of the DAVID L. VERES COMPANY for their support and interest in STORMO!

Some notable Regia Aeronautica (RA) and Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR) kits produced by Classic Airframes:

Romeo RO 37
Romeo RO 37bis
Fiat CR.42 (all new tooling)
Fiat CR.42 AS (new tooling)
Fiat CR.42 Night Fighter (new tooling)
Fiat CR.42 Floatplane (new tooling)
Fiat CR.42 Export Version (all new tooling)
Fiat G.55
Macchi MC.200
Reggiane Re.2000
Reggiane Re.2001
Savoia Marchetti SM.79 Early Version
Savoia Marchetti SM.79 ANR Version

To view the Classic Airframes Catalogue please click on the following link:

Classic Airframes Catalogue

Also do visit the Classic Airframes Gallery:

Classic Airframes Model Gallery

To visit Classic Airframes Home Page please click on any Classic Airframes banner on this site.

February 13, 2005
Welcome! This has been sometime in the making, STORMO! STORMO! is an online Model Magazine devoted to the modeling of the Italian Air forces of WWII as well as the Italian Armed forces in general. You maybe asking yourself what STORMO! means ? Well its the equivalent of an Italian Wing in aeronautical terms. For example, three squadriglie (squadrons) make up a gruppo (group) and two gruppi (groups) make up a stormo (wing). Some Italian Wings or Stormi are quite famous such as the 1o Stormo (Archer) and 4o Stormo (a wing in honor of Francesco Baracca, a famous Italian WWI Ace who sported the prancing horse and made famous by Ferrari S.p.A). By the way, the 'o' in 1o stands for 'primo' like the 'st' in 1st (first).

STORMO! publishes high-quality, well researched historical and modeling articles which present interesting subject matter regarding the Regia Aeronautica (RA) and the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR) as well as the Italian Armed Forces of WWII. Please Submit Your Articles or read interesting articles from the Articles page. Also, do participate in lively debates on the STORMO! Discussion Forum.

One of the goals of STORMO! will be the development of a RA and ANR Flight Simulator scheduled for release in the near future as well as a quarterly magazine. More details forthcoming.

Please glance through STORMO! Storefront Products for finished kits, books and decals. It is our sincere hope that STORMO! will provide a complete virtual online experience from model building, forum discussions, online articles, purchasing books as well as having the opportunity to own a highly detailed and realistic model of a Regia Aeronautica or ANR fighter, bomber or ground attack aircraft; or just having fun flying a RA or ANR aircraft in a flight simulator.


The Webmaster,


Vince Tassone