Savoia S.73 - Supermodel kit conversion

Peter I. · Post by **Peter I.** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:12 am

Hi guys,

Please find below some images of the conversion I'm working on of the Supermodel S.81 into the S.73 airliner.

I hope you like it.

Kind regards,

Peter

The fuselage with new windows and Evergreen strip for ribs:

The interior with 18 tiny scratchbuilt seats:

Interior fitted:

The under carriage modified and with main wheels made fatter:

The long cowlings with added oil cooler intakes:

Vincent Fiore · Post by **Vincent Fiore** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:24 am

Beautiful work looking foward to seeing the compleated project. Hope it will be soon. Just great.

Peter I. · Post by **Peter I.** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:37 am

I just finished painting up the interior:

The paper on the table is a Google Maps image reduced in size, with the route from Brussels to Berlin....

For the instrument panel I used the kit's decal, but modified it with painted on instrument faces

Kind regards,

Peter

PS: the door in the fuselage has tiny hinges and can be opened and closed

Luftwoller · Post by **Luftwoller** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:25 pm

Awesome work. Im now going to Google a few pics of the real thing.
...Guy

Peter I. · Post by **Peter I.** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:58 am

And some more images of my Savoia Marchetti S.73.

The fuselage, wings and undercarriage have been put together and received a first coat of paint (Bianco Avorio). De cowlings have resin Gnome & Rhone K14 engines from Engines & Things.

A look at the underside. The exhausts are made of Evergreen tube with the ends drilled out in order to obtain a thinner edge.

The sheet I designed for this conversion, custom printed by Black Lion Decals. For the remainder I'll use Tauro sheet 72/529.

Some historic images of SABENA S.73s can be found here:
http://www.baha.be/Webpages/Navigator/P ... savoia.htm

Kind regards,

Peter

Peter I. · Post by **Peter I.** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:02 am

Dear all,

I have finalised my conversion of the Savoia SM.81 into the S.73 airliner. Made it just in time for the Dutch Nationals, where it won Bronze in the civil aviation category.

A look at the underside with the added ribs showing to good effect:

I also created a little ground base to display the model on:

Kind regards,

Peter

Kubrt · Post by **Kubrt** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:46 pm

Niiiiiice work!

BLAKE · Post by **BLAKE** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:06 pm

The 30's truly was the golden age of civil aviation and your model is an excellent representation of that bygone era. Thank you for sharing it with us. Sincerely, Blake

Aeroal · Post by **Aeroal** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:02 pm

Peter,

A truly satisfying conversion, beautifully executed, with a lovely paint job and superb decals. What more could you ask for? As a lover of the S81 and thirties aviation in general, I would rate your model and diorama as exquisite!

Regards,

Aeroal.

Vincent Fiore · Post by **Vincent Fiore** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:53 pm

Fantastic , What a beautiful job. What color or mix did you use? Some day I would like to do half as good a job on my conversion.

Peter I. · Post by **Peter I.** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:21 am

Fantastic , What a beautiful job. What color or mix did you use?

Since the model is largely a single colour, I used an enamel spray can from a local DIY (craft) store, which is very close to Humbrol H103 'cream'.

I hope this is of help.

Peter

Post by **Editor** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:40 am

Beautiful work Peter!

Pliniux · Post by **Pliniux** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:06 am

Fantastico!

Bellissimo!

Awesome!

A really good job Peter!

jrlucero · Post by **jrlucero** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:07 am

Most impressive build Peter. I really liked how you tackled the conversion and your finishing.

Best regards,

José

Vincent Biondi · Post by **Vincent Biondi** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:06 am

Great job Peter!
Congrats on the Bronze Medal.
Vincent.

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