Fiat CR-32

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Guy Rump
Great progress and excellent camo scheme. Following 🙂

9 February 2019, 20:32

Stefan Schacht
Very nice start, count me in

9 February 2019, 22:13

John Lent
Appreciate it. Had a problem with the V-struts that mount to the fuselage--they weren't long enough, so I had to extend them, and after a lot of sanding, I'm ready to mount the top wing to the rest of the aircraft...plan on working that tomorrow.

10 February 2019, 04:01

Alec K
Very cool 👍

10 February 2019, 05:26

Dave Flitton
Excellent paint job on this!!

10 February 2019, 09:40

John Lent
I placed the upper wing on my Fiat CR-32, and I'm working on the landing gear. I have some touch up work on the struts too and I still need to rig the model. I was hoping to have it ready for the Old Dominion show this weekend, but I'm not going to rush it--invested too much time working this model.

20 February 2019, 01:22

John Lent
Finally completed my Fiat CR-32. The model represents an aircraft assigned to the XXIII Grupo Caccia, Aviazione Legionaria. The unit was led by Lt Colonel Andrea Zotti, and based at Puig Moreno, Spain, June-July 1938. Used the Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, number 96, profile 28 as the basis for my work.

23 April 2019, 00:43

Alec K
Nice job on this John 👍

23 April 2019, 10:57

Stefan Schacht
well done, i like the camo.

23 April 2019, 11:12

John Lent
Stefan and Alec - I wanted to thank you for the feedback. I really enjoyed the build. It got me interested in Spanish Civil War aircraft. I bought a model of the Polikarpov I-15, Messerschmitt Me-109, and Heinkel He-51 that I will paint in their respective Spanish Civil War markings.

24 April 2019, 02:04

Alec K
It's a fascinating period, I agree. Same goals here, now to just get some time at the bench 😄

24 April 2019, 12:15

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The kit I'm working on is the 1/72 scale Fiat CR-32. It's an older kit made by Italeri, and the first thing I did was sand the raised panel lines on the wings, tail and fuselage to make them less pronounced. I then worked on the cockpit area. I decided to paint it with Nationalist markings used during the Spanish Civil War. It took me 3 months to realize that I can't paint Italian camouflage freehand and another 3 months to paint the camouflage using templates made with Tamiya tape. It's an out of the box project, but I plan to rig the model using thread. I hope to have the model ready for the ODO show at the end of the month.

Fiat CR-32

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