Glad to see that it is offered in italian and english. I would love to read it.
Shane

My hat is off to you! Anyone who can make a model out of an Aerofile kit has my respect. I built 2 that I purchased in the late 70s thinking they would never be molded by another company. I could not get past the engine cowling with the ridge straight cowling sides that had to be bent around the cow...

Cutting Edge made a new engine cowling and cockpit for the Airfix kit. The conversion kit was numbered CEC72007 in their line. I have seen it come up on ebay once since Cutting Edge went under.

Shane

What is the book on the table? I noticed the nice profiles but am not familiar with the book. Again....excellent work!

Shane

That is a great looking camouflage! I have seen that A/C done once before at a contest. Very unique. I plan on doing that one day on one in 1/72. I noticed that the white circles of the national insignia on the tops and bottoms of the model A/C were not the same size. Is that because the one set was...

Thank you all for the information. Once again, I appreciate the expertise of the people who post here.

Shane

During the Iraqi up rising against the British, I understand that at least one Iraqi Breda Ba 65 was shot down. Does anyone know if they were left in the natural metal/doped colors, or were they camouflaged? I have seen the one picture of a wheels up landing of an Iraqi A/C but the caption said it h...

This book turned up on ebay (I am not associated with the seller). Written by Spencer A Coil and Renato Zavattini. 600 color and B+W photos. It looks like it is published by Schiffer but I can't find it listed on their web site. Does anyone know anything about it? Thanks

Shane

Re-issued and New books from Ali D'Italia! Colors and Insignias of Italian Fighters & Assault aircraft of WWII. Volumes 1, 2 & 3 (3 is new) plus a boxed set of all three books. Volumes 1 & 2 went out of print 4-5 years ago and many people were not able to get them. These are the definitive books dea...

I appreciate the comments. I am thinking of purchasing the 1/72 RCR kit to go with the Azur, AZ and Aerofile kits I am working on. I agree with your evaluation of the kits and their short comings and am trying to correct or work around them. I found the vacuform Rareplane kit a good source of replac...

Any comments on this kit? How does it stack up to the Azur and AZ kits? Thanks
Shane

Rick: Thanks for the quick post. The pictures really show what a "jungle gym" of bars the pilots lived in. Are the pictures of a duel control (bi-comando) BA65 A14? Looking at the pictures, it seems that this second cockpit (for the second pilot) has rudder peddles, stick, instrument panel and is fa...

I am building the AZ, Azur and Aerofile Breda Ba 65. I am using the Ali D'italia #7 Breda Ba 65 book as my primary source of information on the aircraft. Since I am building several of them, I wanted to make different versions, K 14 and A80 engines, single and twin cockpits etc. I even robbed a Rare...

Take a look at this and see if it answers your question:
http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/s81profileba_1.htm
or
http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/sm81md_1.htm
or for a good build article:
http://hsfeatures.com/sm81sb_1.htm

Hope this helps
Shane

Thanks for the quick answer. Consider separating 1/32 and 1/72 scale decals as different offers.....I doubt many 1/32 scale builders would build 1/72 and visa-versa. Just my two cents.

Looking forward to the 1/72 release.
Shane