Fiat G.55 conversion to G.59

[Matt308]

Wonderful...

 

[Capt. Vick]

Sweet!

 

[Lucky13]

Nice work Alberto!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff Alberto!

 

[al49]

Gone a bit further:

Added some pipes in the engine compartment

Done some weathering on the cockpit panes. I also decided to extend them on the rear because I think that it will be visible from a certain angle.

Added some wires on the front instrument panel. they will probably not be visible but ...

The seat:

Finally I assembled the propeller

Some more will follow soon
Alberto

 

[Capt. Vick]

Oh that is looking sweet Alberto! What scale is it again?

 

[Crimea_River]

Very nice work! So, the chains on the seat... lap belts? Really?

 

[fubar57]

Very nice interior Alberto. Your seat will help me with my Itelari MC.200 Saetta when I get around to building it. Thanks.

Geo

 

[Gnomey]

Looking good so far Alberto!

 

[al49]

Many thanks to all for the nice comments!!
In answer to Capt. Vick, the scale is 1:32
Alberto

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Alberto. I'm also a little surprised at the chains for the lap belts!

 

[al49]

Nice work Alberto. I'm also a little surprised at the chains for the lap belts!

Hello Terry, many thanks for your comment.
In facts is a very good question.
I installed those chains because they were supplied with the p.e. fret included in the kit and because, in my knowledge, they were a standard feature in Italian WW2 planes.
But I can be wrong as well, because this is a past WW2 bird and because the only picture I found so fare doesn't show those chains.

By the way, I'm still away from my house in Milan and I cannot check my books: I will do that when I will be back home in September.
Alberto

 

[Airframes]

I'm guessing, but I would have thought that by that period, a 'proper' seat harness would have been used. The photo you posted looks like a good guide, but I think that it is a more recent shot, with a 'modern' harness, just going off the overall style and materials, and the blue web strap on the 'anti-g' crotch strap. The actual harness would probably be very similar though, maybe a slightly different colour perhaps, but small detail differences would not be noticed in this scale.

 

[al49]

Hi,
I spent some time working on the fuselage:

marked in red are scratch-built little vents I added according to instructions and photos.

next step will be to scribe new panels on both fuselage and wings.

Cheers
Alberto

 

[Airframes]

Very nice work so far Alberto.

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Gnomey]

Coming along nicely Alberto!

 

[Wayne Little]

looking good!

 

[al49]

I'm back in Milan since two weeks and I did some work on this project, as you can see here:

Yellow tape defines already the limits of the black anti-glare area.

Detail photos shows that I added those new panels but also that there is some more putting to be done

Cheers
Alberto

 

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