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 ...

This is just an update. Every article in the Gallery has either been restored, updated or reformatted. Updated articles are indicated with a tag in the Gallery (mostly Feature articles). The entire Gallery has been reworked, there were broken images, pages that no longer worked or displayed well, sy...

Good eye, I agree the undercarriage bay in the photo is GAC1 and the same color as the undersides of the aircraft. The other thing to note from the photo is how the NC4-lip extends or curves down all the way to the top of the undercarriage bay and along the entire edge of the bay.

Luca Bossi sent in the following photos of the newly arrived Italeri 1/32 Macchi C.200 (I left the photos in their original sizes so the detail eg rivets -which is quiet good- can be seen clearly): https://www.stormomagazine.com/Forum/Italeri_1-32_MC202/LucaBossi/20251220_144745.jpg https://www.stor...

From the Stormo Color Guide - GAC1 - read the last paragraph in this section in the link below. The general rule is: pre-Tavola X anti-corrosion green - Tavola X GAC1. Also check-out some of the builds in the Gallery.

Stormo Color Guide - RA WWII Aircraft Interiors

Below is the second part of WWII Misconceptions and Myths Italy, the video was posted recently and is a follow-up of the first. Occasionally, although not often, we get emails and even forum posts that could use the information presented here. Just a couple of comments on the video: 1) The video tac...

Stefano updated the VITO Charts on this site not long ago. You may find his work useful, see the link below:

VITO Charts by Stefano Lazzaro

Your G.50 looks great - very clean. Send in an article when its done.

Beautiful job! Well done.

Please note, all 2024 Gallery Submissions have now been added to the Gallery. To find these articles look for the green-red 2024 tag next to the page-link https://www.stormomagazine.com/Gallery_2024.png Stormo - Gallery Also please Sign-in to the Forum to see the new and beautiful 1/72 Rare Bird Mod...

Welcome back Jean and I hope you're well. The unwritten rule on this site and forum is as you point out, see the Gallery and Color Guides (CMPR+Vito Charts) before starting a project, everything needed to build an accurate RA/ANR plane is contained in those pages. For cockpits the pertinent link is ...

I agree, the name plate is a nice touch. The Yahu engine detail is magnificent, it looks great. I know Gregory Alegi did a series of books on the Caproni Ca.3, unfortunately I don't have any of those books and more importantly for you I don't know if the books have accurate profiles. As always, chec...

Beautiful cockpit detail. Yahu instrument panels are amazing. I look forward to what you do with your Ca.3.

Welcome back Krzysztof. I look forward to following along.

Here's a video of an (early) OTO Melara 76mm gun (the original "Compact" variant with rounded cupola) aboard the USS Halyburton during live firing of single, double, triple and quadruple salvos. Skip to 1:20min of the video when the tests begin - firing continues till 2:20mins. Note the water jacket...