Which Italian aircraft would you like to see released in large scale?

[Sir Desmond Glazebrook]

The Italians have built some very nice aeroplanes, Piaggio, Fiat, Macchi etc.

Which Italian aircraft would you choose to be 1/32?

[IainMackayDall]

Savoia-Marchetti SIAI S.21 Sea Plane.
and this related beast if we really want big
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 double hulled flying boat
 

[HubertB]

The SM 79 .... in civilian livery, of course.

Hubert

[BlrwestSiR]

16 minutes ago, IainMackayDall said:

Savoia-Marchetti SIAI S.21 Sea Plane.
 

 

This!!! 

Carl

[Spitfire]

Not a great expert on the subject and my modelling focus is on WW2 but I'll have a go

In Injection Molding PCM covered a lot of the WW2 main types,

Macchi C200, C202, 205, Fiat G55, Regiane Re 2005, though these are not widely available now.

Special Hobby produced the Fiat G50.

There are also the C202 and C205 from 20th Century Models which are a dwindling asset.

There is none of the Re2000/2001 series in injection molding that I can think of.

The SM 79 as mentioned is an obvious one missing as is the Fiat Br 20

I'm sure there are a lot more

Cheers

Dennis

 

[[CAT]CplSlade]

The only Italian I have are the two 21st Century kits, so I am open to anything WWII becoming available on a wider scale.

[GusMac]

22 hours ago, IainMackayDall said:

I thought we Brits had the market cornered for fugly aircraft but that's pretty hideous.

From the country that gave us Pininfarina, Zagato and Alfa that's a drop the ball job!

[Wumm]

2 hours ago, Spitfire said:

Not a great expert on the subject and my modelling focus is on WW2 but I'll have a go

In Injection Molding PCM covered a lot of the WW2 main types,

Macchi C200, C202, 205, Fiat G55, Regiane Re 2005, though these are not widely available now.

Special Hobby produced the Fiat G50.

There are also the C202 and C205 from 20th Century Models which are a dwindling asset.

There is none of the Re2000/2001 series in injection molding that I can think of.

The SM 79 as mentioned is an obvious one missing as is the Fiat Br 20

I'm sure there are a lot more

Cheers

Dennis

 

Silver Wings also released the Cr32 and Cr42 in 1/32nd scale. Unfortunately, I don't think there would be a viable market for a 1/32nd SM79, although Tigger has a Vac variant on offer I believe.

The PCM kits are OK, I would love a Tamiya or even Hasegawa version of the C202 or 205 in our scale to see how they fair with the subject.

[IainMackayDall]

22 hours ago, HubertB said:

The SM 79 .... in civilian livery, of course.

Hubert

Was the SM-79 commercial version configures with all the military gun ports? I see there is a SM-75 without any, plus some one out there has a 1/72 model version, but I have not seen any 1/32 examples

[IainMackayDall]

On 11/27/2019 at 11:07 AM, BlrwestSiR said:

This!!! 

Carl

There is a 1/48 scale edition by Fine Moulds !! 

 

[HubertB]

On 11/27/2019 at 1:07 AM, BlrwestSiR said:

This!!! 

Carl

 

15 minutes ago, IainMackayDall said:

There is a 1/48 scale edition by Fine Moulds !! 

 

Whilst VERY cool-looking, you guys are aware that this one is just fictitious ?

There is however a Macchi M-33 in 1/32, by Brach Models.
 

Hubert

[IainMackayDall]

Of course if any are fans of Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli animations, worth watching fo a lot of invented seaplanes in Porco Rosso flown by the Sky Pirates.

Miyazaki has a fantastic museum built in Tokyo, that is worth the visit. Their shop had a big ( must have been 1/32 ) resin assembled resin model of the Red Savoia S.21 Sea Plane for sale, to big to fit in any Sydney bound luggage.

[BlrwestSiR]

1 hour ago, IainMackayDall said:

There is a 1/48 scale edition by Fine Moulds !! 

 

I built it a few years ago. It's a very nice model. Just wish it was in 1/32. 

[BlrwestSiR]

3 hours ago, HubertB said:

 

Whilst VERY cool-looking, you guys are aware that this one is just fictitious ?

Hubert

Quite aware of that Hubert. But at least more plausible than an X-Wing fighter. 

Carl

[BlrwestSiR]

Well, it seems us Porco Rosso fans are getting our wish:

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235066026-132-savoia-s21-porco-rosso-resin-kit-by-hph-box-artpartstest-model-release-in-2020/

Time to start saving my pennies. Oh wait, we don't have pennies anymore. 

Carl

[Artful69]

Easy ... a Macchi Jet!! ... Or more accurately - an Aeromacchi MB-326 for my RAAF collection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326

Rog

[Anthony in NZ]

 MB339C to do an RNZAF bird

[GazzaS]

Not really a big fan of Italian aircraft.  The Daimler Benz powered machines look alright...  but the rest...  Just gimme some lasagne!

 

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