SMER FIAT Cr 32 Freccia in 1/48 ( ish!)

[flyjoe180]

Very nice paint work Tony

[Allen Dewire]

Sorry Tony, I got a bit behind on this build. Wow is all I can say!!! Great scratchy and a fantastic paint job too Sir!!! The pilot looks mighty fine, but easy on the the 'Coop' Buddy!!!

Prost
Allen

[Waspie]

Ooo, I enjoyed reading that. Nice jiggery pokery going on and love the paint job!!!

[yak face]

Made a start on the painted markings . Fairly straight forward stuff , just a fair bit of masking up and making sure the lines are parallel . Ive had the compass cutter out again ( two builds on the trot and probably be getting used in the Japanese aircraft GB too) for the black circles under the top wing. Just got the white X shapes to add to the upper wing now and finish the black X s on the rudder

[Allen Dewire]

That looks really good Tony!!! Nice work on the stripes and the disc too......

Prost
Allen

[yak face]

Stripes and crosses now finished , next up get the spats and wheels on , then look at getting the wing fitted and yet more struts to fiddle with!

[Andy T]

Lovely work on the camo & markings Tony!

[Jim R]

Great paint job. Masking has worked really well.

[yak face]

Decals on , all six of em ! :smiling5: and exhaust surround painted . I think im going to give it a coat of matt before the wheel spats go on .

[scottie3158]

Tony,
You are doing an excellent job on this old kit. She is looking very good indeed.

[Neil Merryweather]

Oooh that's special

[Jim R]

Better and better Tony. Truly a silk purse from a sow's ear.

[yak face]

Well after real life got in the way and put this and all other builds on the back burner , its now on again !
Finally got the spats and wheels fitted yesterday and also gave the wing a bit of attention . The only rigging on the Cr32 is between the two outer interplane struts , this being done now before the wing goes on . I used bait elastic , coloured silver by running it under a metallic marker pen and glued into holes drilled into the struts . Ive also added the aileron and rudder control linkages using guitar string ( E i think , the thinnest one anyway) .
Poor old Joaquin has now come out from under the masking and the leather cockpit surround has been painted. I had to make the windscreen as it was missing so after several attempts with a card template I cut the screen from some clear acetate . This is now glued and drying and will have the frame sorted later . Not a lot to do now , just attaching the wing and N shaped cabane struts and adding the distinctive bifurcated ( ooh big word ! ) pitots on the wing struts.

[stillp]

Very nice Tony. Those decals on the tail fin could hardly have been more out of register though!
Pete

[yak face]

Very nice Tony. Those decals on the tail fin could hardly have been more out of register though!
Pete

Yes they arent exactly crystal clear are they ! Unlike most of the other markings I didnt fancy trying to paint them pete , would have been cross eyed and blue in the face !