Hi Kriss!!
You really did a great job! It's a shame about the interior color mistake, but it looks great on the outside.
Best regards!

Bruno

Wanting to detail the interior of the cockpit canopy as much as possible, proceeding in an unconventional way I proceeded to apply the masks in order to outline the frames; by doing so I will have the references for the details that I intend to add internally: https://www.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/9/4/...

Hi Vince! Thanks for your kind words. I have no first-hand news at the moment about the 1007 kit announced by Italeri but as you yourself noticed it does not specify "new mold" so it is assumed that it is the recycling of the old Supermodel. Some time ago (a couple of years) I had the opportunity to...

After closing the fuselage the next goal is to close all the openings to prevent dust from subsequent sanding from entering it. I start with the glazing of the pointer/bomber and note that it is also incorrect. In fact, it has two bulges on the sides: https://www.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/9/4/139427895...

Before definitively closing the half fuselages (sigh!) I completed the Delta - Lanciani dorsal turret with the 12.7mm Scotti machine gun so as to be able to check the dimensions and avoid unpleasant surprises later. RCR photoetched parts come in handy but reproduce the turret only partially. I there...

veltro54 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2025 4:06 pm

That is insane detail very impressive

Thanks so much Veltro54!!
Yes, I think I'm insane....

Finally, even the last details are placed inside the semi-fuselases. The side machine guns without the firing barrels, which will be placed only during the finishing phase of the model, are mounted on the RCR photo-etched supports (excellent!!!) and glued onto the supports that allowed them to slide...

Among the last details to be included are the cameras. The CANT Z.1007 was equipped with two: an OMI model A.L.30 planimetric plate or an OMI model A.G.R.61 film; furthermore there was an OMI model A.P.R.3 panoramic aerial photographic camera with plates and film. For the first I opted for the A.G.R...

The machine guns. The one mounted on the Lanciani - Delta turret and the one in the ventral position were the 12.7mm Scotti. The side machine guns were the 7.7mm Breda - SAFAT. The latter were a derivation of the Browning M2 to which modifications had been introduced to accommodate the Italian calib...

Ranger822 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 19, 2025 3:19 pm

Wow! Impressive.

Thanks Ranger!!

Some updates. On the starboard internal wall, under the side windows, the two 12v batteries and the closing hatch, placed in lowered position, of the window from which the machine gun came out were added; it is equipped with glazing made of cellophane. The other window was a deflector which will onl...

A little update: I have completed the radio operator's station. Some structural ribs were necessarily sectioned and positioned on the starboard half-fuselage in order to be able to adequately arrange caves, electrical panels, etc. But I proceed in order. The tube through which the wire antenna was l...

.... in fact I just bought the book Storia del Fascismo in which the author Emilio Gentile ... "neither presupposes nor proposes a theory. It tells the facts that happened, as it was possible to know them through primary documents."
It is a substantial book (1376 pages).

Don't believe Vince. Unfortunately in Italy there is no general interest in shedding light on various aspects of that period and even today those who want to delve deeper into these topics do so privately otherwise they are immediately accused of being fascist. People's culture is easily created wit...

Really interesting. In Part 3, the secret correspondence between Churchill and Mussolini is mentioned, once again. Who knows if one day this correspondence will be made public. I do not believe.