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1/48 Fiat G.50 Freccia, Flying Machines
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:30 am
by Lubos Pavel
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:56 am
by Vincent Biondi
Hello Lubus,
Very nice colour scheme!
Since most G50s were painted in the earlier 3 tone Camo, I am guessing that this plane was painted after 1942?
Vincent.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:40 pm
by Lubos Pavel
Vincent Biondi wrote:Hello Lubus,
Very nice colour scheme!
Since most G50s were painted in the earlier 3 tone Camo, I am guessing that this plane was painted after 1942?
Vincent.
Hello Vincent, I've choosen this scheme from the instruction sheet of the kit. This is the machine MM.6385 of 151a Squadrilia, 20o Gruppo Autonomo. This machine was photographed by Allies at Derma in Libya in 1941.

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:23 pm
by Vincent Biondi
Hi Lubos,
Thanks for the info.
Great job on your model!
Vincent.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:32 pm
by Lubos Pavel
Vincent Biondi wrote:Hi Lubos,
Thanks for the info.
Great job on your model!
Vincent.
Thx Vincent. I hope this isn't the last italian plane. I would like to buy Special Hobby G.55 and make it in experimental fragment camouflage. And than propably MC.202 with smoking rings. I like the italian camo.

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:02 pm
by Brendan
Great looking model! Looking forward to seeing it finished!
Best wishes,
Brendan
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:00 pm
by Arditi1961
This is wonderful work! What paints did you use ? Keep up the great work!
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:49 pm
by Lubos Pavel
Arditi1961 wrote:This is wonderful work! What paints did you use ? Keep up the great work!
Thx Arditi1961. I used Gunze colour. Cause I didn't know anything about italian camoflage colour I ask my very good friend Mirek Riha who is one of the biggest expert of RA in The Czech Republic. He said me how to mixed them.
Grigio Azzuro Chiaro 1 H324 (or C324)
Nocciola Chiaro 4 H310 + H079 (rate 2,5-3:1)
Verde Oliva Scuro 2 C038 + C018 (rate 2:1)
I did how Mirek said and the result you can see on the photos above.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:47 am
by Editor
This is beautiful ! Very nice work.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:55 pm
by Elias
Very nice!Looking forward to see it finished!
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:49 am
by D520
You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am
by Lubos Pavel
D520 wrote:You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.
Too late. I make the corection Inext time if I decide to build this kit once more. Thx for your info and reaction on my kit
Weathering
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:58 pm
by D520
Lubos Pavel wrote:D520 wrote:You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.
Too late. I make the corection Inext time if I decide to build this kit once more. Thx for your info and reaction on my kit
So now Lubos, what are you going to do with the weathering on this plane as the desert conditions were playing hard on the colors and on the metal! Any ideas? cheers, jean.
Re: Weathering
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:26 pm
by Lubos Pavel
D520 wrote:Lubos Pavel wrote:D520 wrote:You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.
Too late. I make the corection Inext time if I decide to build this kit once more. Thx for your info and reaction on my kit
So now Lubos, what are you going to do with the weathering on this plane as the desert conditions were playing hard on the colors and on the metal! Any ideas? cheers, jean.
I will make wheathering with using oil colours and pigment both by MIG Production. I'am not decided yet but maybe I try some filter.
The result is uncertain.

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:16 am
by Editor
I've had some people ask about Jean's G.50 article, its still not posted in the Gallery, please use the following link:
http://stormomagazine.com/phpbb2/viewto ... =1036#1036