I must admit that I am rushing through these last 1/48 scale builds, eager to get back to my rebuilt 1/32 stash. The point is that if I don’t finish these off then I won’t ever get back to them and some of the best 1/48 kits are yet to come…
Anyway back to this one. The SM-79 is one of my favourite Italian WW2 aircraft and the only kit of this type in 1/48 is this flawed Trumpeter one.
While I say it’s a flawed kit, it’s accuracy is not good and it is low on detail, it was an enjoyable build out of the box. All I bothered to add to the basic kit were some seatbelts made from tape. (I did not try to replicate those complex chain belts the Italians used!).
A few pics.
This was my first use of the MRP Italian AF colours and the Italians certainly use a lot of very vibrant colours.
I have left just five kits in my 1/48 WW2 project and will build them in this order.
ICM He111 H-20
HKM B17G
Tamiya G4M1
B26B Invader (not exactly a WW2 version of this aircraft….)
Lancaster Mk1.
After that I will get back to 1/32 scale starting with the ZM Raiden. I am quite excited about getting back to this scale as I have some great kits now stashed. From ZM as well as the Raiden I have the bf109G and Ki45 Toryu. Also the Trumpy P38-L, Hobbyboss B24D, ICM Yak 9 and, of course, the Border Lanc.
It’s my bad but I find that I am not really taking these small scale builds very seriously and I am much more prone to think ‘that’ll do’ or ‘I won’t bother’ with these. That said I will want a decent result from the B17 and Lancaster and I will put these up as full build threads when I get to them.
Incidentally, I won’t be totally finished with 1/48 when I have built these five. I have a small 5 kit ‘tail-pipe’ project in mind with some of the very best 1/48’s money can buy stashed, the Tamiya F14A and F4B, AMK MiG 31, Kinetic Sea Harrier and Airfix new tool Buccanner.
Anyway back to this one. The SM-79 is one of my favourite Italian WW2 aircraft and the only kit of this type in 1/48 is this flawed Trumpeter one.
While I say it’s a flawed kit, it’s accuracy is not good and it is low on detail, it was an enjoyable build out of the box. All I bothered to add to the basic kit were some seatbelts made from tape. (I did not try to replicate those complex chain belts the Italians used!).
A few pics.
This was my first use of the MRP Italian AF colours and the Italians certainly use a lot of very vibrant colours.
I have left just five kits in my 1/48 WW2 project and will build them in this order.
ICM He111 H-20
HKM B17G
Tamiya G4M1
B26B Invader (not exactly a WW2 version of this aircraft….)
Lancaster Mk1.
After that I will get back to 1/32 scale starting with the ZM Raiden. I am quite excited about getting back to this scale as I have some great kits now stashed. From ZM as well as the Raiden I have the bf109G and Ki45 Toryu. Also the Trumpy P38-L, Hobbyboss B24D, ICM Yak 9 and, of course, the Border Lanc.
It’s my bad but I find that I am not really taking these small scale builds very seriously and I am much more prone to think ‘that’ll do’ or ‘I won’t bother’ with these. That said I will want a decent result from the B17 and Lancaster and I will put these up as full build threads when I get to them.
Incidentally, I won’t be totally finished with 1/48 when I have built these five. I have a small 5 kit ‘tail-pipe’ project in mind with some of the very best 1/48’s money can buy stashed, the Tamiya F14A and F4B, AMK MiG 31, Kinetic Sea Harrier and Airfix new tool Buccanner.
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