Fiat Cr 42 Night Fighter - From Silver Wings kit in 1:32

[al49]

Hi,
this bird is now ready to fly in the night, trying to catch the hundreds of Lancasters attempting to bomb somewhere in Italy
We only speak modelling in this section, but could you imagine an old fashion biplane like this, with only two 12,7 m.g., trying to down a Lanc?

Anyway, here are the pictures.

We are speaking about scratch-building somewhere else in this forum, in facts some scratch-building was required to make extended exhaust pipes, the search lights and wind generator.

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Some of the above pictures aren't too good, so I will try to take a few more (and better) pretty soon.
Alberto

 

[Wurger]

Looking really very nice. Well done.

 

[al49]

Many thanks!
I just want to add a picture of the search light

because the other isn't focus.
To make the lens in front of the lamp I used a 6 mm punch and a piece of transparent plastic from a blister. It worked better then plasticard because once punched-off, the little disk resulted convex, so really simulating a lens.
Alberto

 

[Wurger]

 

[Andy70]

Very nice! Well done!!!

 

[otftch]

Nice job !
Ed

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent work Alberto!

 

[Airframes]

Very nice indeed Alberto, well done.

 

[Crimea_River]

Great finish to this project Alberto.

 

[Vaughan]

Alberto a great job.

 

[juergen.klueser]

I like the Italian Fighters of the Interwar and WW2 aera. This one is excellently done!

 

[javlin]

That is Very Nice Al

 

[Wayne Little]

That's a damn fine effort Alberto, well done!

 

[al49]

I just want to add a couple of pictures, why?
Because some friends from an Italian forum suggested me that the propeller wasn't aluminium but a very light blue, as seen in these two pictures

Therefore I tried to match that colour

Cheers
Alberto

 

[Westfield Charlie]

Outstanding!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

You did a great job Alberto. Very well done.

 

[vesthepes]

Very nice, looks great in black...