Here's a video of Italian Military Exports that puts Italy 6th world wide although I seen a chart last week that indicated Italian military exports are already ahead of Germany - when you factor in Fincanteri and transfers like the Giuseppe Garibaldi and refits, they probably are. Also a second vide...

Filippi's plane Bf.109G-6/U3 isn't a subject we would normally do (in decal Sheet 48013, not in 48006 as in your email) because the photos we have of it aren't complete, however it fell within a W.Nr. block (163000 - 164000) that were finished differently in regard to the vertical tail surfaces and ...

Beautiful job Richard, I love the finish - the color looks really good. I’m assuming you mixed black with some blue? The color of RA Night Fighters (CN) is an interesting topic. The three colors to focus on when considering this subject, the Fiat CR.42(CN) are: Black Nerofumo (carbon-black) Grigio A...

Outstanding work! Its a shame this kind of detail gets buried inside a cowling.

Hi Quang, the cockpit detail and Breda-SAFAT MGs look great. I look forward to engine construction.

I haven't seen a reference photo for C.200 362-3, but below is a photo of a line-up of 362a Sq C.200s believed to have been taken at Kriwoj-Rog in August 1941, likely upon their arrival. The inner and outer top-wing white triangles are clearly visible. Just a couple of things to note about this phot...

Without launching into a full-throated defense of that reference, the Waldis and De Bortoli book contains a lot of useful information that shouldn’t be dismissed (as suggested in the article you’re referring to) because of a phrase or a sentence that wasn’t made clear, especially if the authors neve...

One other thing to note (following-up from what you noted about the oil radiator) is that the (coolant) radiator located underneath the cockpit (lower surfaces); the sides of the radiator were camouflaged for Aermacchi machines and painted over GAC1 on Breda built machines - again see the link above...

Yellow markings were applied from April 1941 - Nov 1941 (when the Germans appeared in the area), see the link below (read: Yellow cowls ): Stormo Color Guide - Dircetives Examples of the light and dark colored yellow cowls can be seen in Img. 30 in Stefano’s VitoCharts (scroll down the article): Ste...

A photo of C.200s belonging to 372a Sq. 153 Gr. CT, 54o Stormo. This is an interesting photo. I'm assuming you're modeling either 372-2 or 372-7. ADI 8 says the photo was taken sometime 1940-1941. The dark yellow nose-band however indicates that the photo was probably taken at least from April 1941....

Hi Dennis the camouflaged undersides of the nose and demarcation lines of the rear fuselage differed depending on who built the plane eg Breda, SAI and Aermacchi. Planes with camouflaged noses (eg NC4/VOS2) that curled underneath the nose were built by Aermacchi and those that curved up toward the e...

Welcome aboard Vince!

I look forward to following along on your Italeri 1/32 Macchi C.200 build.

This is a good question. The only researcher I know who has focused on this topic is Stefano Lazzaro. In the Stormo (CMPR) Color Guide there's a very brief entry on this subject. I began collecting this information only recently because this question comes up fairly regularly (you should also Search...

Great job especially with the corrections you made. Jules much improved the second issue of this kit if you ever get your hands on one.

FILdeZECZUU On a serious note, this was a brilliant operation by every measure that included 150+ military aircraft (the size of most air forces) and likely thousands of personnel involved in the planning and logicistics. The overall plan is equally brilliant if they can pull it off and transition ...