Fiat G 55, Special Hobby 1/72 work in progress.

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:08 pm

Kit is pretty accurate in shape but needs some work.
Wings trailing edge is incredibly thick, cockpit is missing few panels, has wrong armor plate (but in this one I’m living as it is) tail wheel well is wrong (a resin plug).
Exhausts are missing shrouds and so on.

So it is more of modeling than gluing plastic pieces together.

m.lacivita · Post by **m.lacivita** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:51 am

Great work so far! But you are going to raise some questions, with your yellow ZC interior...

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:54 am

m.lacivita wrote:Great work so far! But you are going to raise some questions, with your yellow ZC interior...

Thank you!
About the color... I have somebody to blame here

https://stormomagazine.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=444

m.lacivita · Post by **m.lacivita** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:08 am

I've missed that post. Very interesting. But the fact that "traces of yellow paint" have been found near the opening handle of the canopy still doesn't seem enough to speculate that the whole cockpit was that color. Anyways, yellow looks cool and to date no one can proof you're wrong! Conclusion: go ahead on your way and don't forget to show the progress!

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:39 pm

Some progress

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:02 am

More work to do - thinning wings trailing edge caused some problems

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:14 pm

Giallo 8 is a hybrid and the tail is from Sottoserie 0.

Luftwoller · Post by **Luftwoller** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:30 am

Very nice work so far. Thats the thing with ALL Italian AC kits, it seems. They sure aint no 'Shake and bake'
...Guy

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:38 pm

Back to Fiat

dknights · Post by **dknights** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:10 pm

Very nice. I have that kit and have been thinking about building it. What markings do you propose for it?

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:47 pm

Thanks!

My subject is:

Looks odd enough for me

I have been taking break from it for a some time.

A word of advice: if you thin wings, glue them BEFORE gluing to fuselage - that way is more easy to deal with step created by this procedure.

dknights · Post by **dknights** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:51 pm

Makes sense. Thank you for the advice. I can't wait to see it completed.

Luftwoller · Post by **Luftwoller** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:13 am

Super work and a great subject and camo. Looking forward to seeing some paint on her,
...Guy

LazyCat · Post by **LazyCat** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:25 am

1, 2, 3 TESTING, 123, testing...

Brown that's MM1, not MM2

The early camo seems unlikely (Lifecolor), to bright.

Plus test for Breda