1/48 Fiat G.50 I Serie, Flying Machines

[Lubos Pavel]

Some times ago I've started to built another Freccia in 1/48. I chose 1st serie from the Spain civil war this time. The marking will propably be the personal machine of Maggiore Mario Bonzano.

[Lubos Pavel]

And some other photos

[Editor]

Nice work so far, sharp and clean as always.

[Rick]

Hi Lubos
If I am allowed, my adivices are: Fiat used light grey as anticorrosion paint, as referenced in the Fiat G50 manual, I have inserted this information on Stormo color reference. Furthermore I think that the wings rear edge should be better more thin.
Very nice instrument board; how did you impement it?
Riccardo

[m.lacivita]

Fiat used light grey as anticorrosion paint

Good point, Riccardo...but I don't think Pavel is going to rip the fuselage open! LOL...maybe next time. Excellent job, so far.

[Lubos Pavel]

Exactly m.lacivita if I will make some Freccia in the future (I think woun't) I use some light grey. The cocpit will be closed so I woun't try to correct this mistake.
The wings rear edge was made reduce about 30 percent. I know it looks a bit thicker than it should be. Next time it will may be better.

[Lubos Pavel]

Hi Lubos
If I am allowed, my adivices are: Fiat used light grey as anticorrosion paint, as referenced in the Fiat G50 manual, I have inserted this information on Stormo color reference. Furthermore I think that the wings rear edge should be better more thin.
Very nice instrument board; how did you impement it?
Riccardo

Hi Rick, I have still one question concerning to Fiat interior color. Which color used Fiat in the case of their Fiat G.55? I plan to build two G.55 (one in 1/48 and the second in 1/32) and I don't want to repeate my mistake.
Thx for your answer.
Lubos

[D520]

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[D520]

Dobry den Lubos; Nice work so far, but have a look at the position of the engine cowling on the fuselage. On the plan and pics you can see the louvres of the fuselage, and one mistake of the Flying machine kit is to sit too far back. i have comitted myself with an aticle on how to build that, here on Stormo, did you have a look? Bye for now, regards, jean;

[Rick]

Some witnessings refer for FIAT till from 1943 the use of a yellowish paint and this color is present also in the Vitochart table concerning the paint use in Regia Aeronautica from 1916 to 1943(chips 17 and 23), but this information is generally deemed not sure:



I attach also the table that precises the use of the colors introduced by Tavola 10 at the end of 1941:



concerning the application (applicazione) of Grigio Azzurro Chiaro, also the application for the internal of fuselge is prescribed (.... superfici interne della fusoliera....). So the rule for the internal of the cockpit was the use of Grigio Azzurro Chiaro; I think that if you use this color you are in conformity with the application rule and have good probability to reproduce the actual color
Riccardo

[Rick]

Please Lubos let me know how did you reproduce the instrument table in the cockpit
Thank you
Riccardo

[Lubos Pavel]

Please Lubos let me know how did you reproduce the instrument table in the cockpit
Thank you
Riccardo

Hi Rick,
at first allow me to thank you for your comprehensive answer on my question concerning of FIAT interior colours.

And here is my answer on your question in graphic form. I hope I decribed it clearly with my bad english.



Have a nice day
Lubos

[Jan Kotas]

Some witnessings refer for FIAT till from 1943 the use of a yellowish paint and this color is present also in the Vitochart table concerning the paint use in Regia Aeronautica from 1916 to 1943(chips 17 and 23), but this information is generally deemed not sure:

concerning the application (applicazione) of Grigio Azzurro Chiaro, also the application for the internal of fuselge is prescribed (.... superfici interne della fusoliera....). So the rule for the internal of the cockpit was the use of Grigio Azzurro Chiaro; I think that if you use this color you are in conformity with the application rule and have good probability to reproduce the actual color
Riccardo

hi Ricardo
first of all, excellent job frm Lubos (regarding workmanship)..
and Secondly - if I read a/m correctly, also my Fiat Cr.42 should be painted by Grigio Azzuro Chiaro inside the fuselage, shouldn´t be?
Pls confirm.
Thks, Jan

[D520]

Yes that will be correct! Rick will confirm this! regards from France, jean;

[Rick]

I want to precise that the request I received concerned Fiat G55, aeroplanes produced after the introduction at the end of 1941 of the use of Tavola 10 colors, so the mentioned rules are applicable following that date.
I attach an image of Cr42 used as night fighter, where it is possible to discern a small part of the internal of the cockpit and it seems to be Grigio Azzurro Chiaro.



With reference to the period before the introduction of Tavola 10, we know from the G50 manual that Fiat used a grey anticorrosion primer.
The only known grey primer is the one found an a part of S79 and it is similar to FS 26599; so we can say that probably the primer had this shade, but up to now no certainty exists.
So it depends on the perid of the represented model.
These are all the information I can provide, I hope that in the next future some other information can arise
Riccardo