Folgore small FINISHED_1.jpg Hi all, here's the new big Italeri kit backdated to a Serie III machine. It is of course Sergente Maggiore Falieri Gelli’s 378-11, which was shot down over Malta 27 April 1942 by George Screwball Beurling, with Gelli taken POW. There's a chunk of scratchbuilding in the ...

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Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:59 pm

and excellent job on the riveting.

Ahh, Im afraid you need to thank Airfix and their 1/24 Hellcat for that - I use one of the pre wings as a test paint and decal mule.

cheers

Jonners

Hi all- thought I'd do a test of the smoke ring decals. They are very thin, and work well with Microset and sol in this case applied over gloss varnished paints. Colour wise- as you can see when applied over a sandy brown they take on a good approximation of VOS2 . In this case I used Mr Color C310 ...

Thanks everyone. I've gone for a wing without guns or access panels (rightly or wrongly) as a Serie III machine. It will probably be one of the 51° Stormo machines at Gela, 378-6 or -9. Backdating the new Italeri kit has been fun, especially r-building the fully-faired tailwheel and the older-style ...

Hi all, and thanks for letting me in! I'm a long time fan of RA and AM aircraft, and have lurked here often for info - so I felt I should join and say Ciao! So, I'm building the Italeri 1/32 kit, and backdating to a Serie III aircraft. My question is this- were updates that were added into later Ser...