Savoia Marchetti SM-79

[Avio72]

This is my Savoia Marchetti SM-79 "SPARVIERO" in 1/48 of REGIA AERONAUTICA 281th Torpedo Bomber Squadron

Model by Enterprises "Fratelli Piazzai" - Arona (NO) ITALY
http://www.piazzaimodels.com/swf/home_it.swf

[Epap]

That's a very nice looking model. I have an old 1:72nd scale solid resin casting of a SM-79 in a similar motif in my collection that needs some restoration when I have the time to make the repairs. In the version I selected to do the crew was obviously concerned about visibility at low altitudes, hence the white was omitted from the Italian insignias and the fuselage band was mostly obliterated with a green mottle:

[grwebster]

That airplane bombed london early in the War!

[Epap]

That airplane bombed london early in the War!

Not so sure about that, GR. The Italians sent Fiat BR.20s and Cant. Z 1007 bombers to Belgium along with Fiat CR.42 fighters but as far as I recall, they tried only a few raids on coastal towns, suffering some losses, before giving up and returning to Italy. The fighters got pretty well mangled by the Brits as well.

[grwebster]

Sorry about that I confused it with the Biplane CR-42- thats the one that attacked london

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trent ... angar2.jpg

[Avio72]

During the Battle of britain our "Regia Aeronautica" took the Fiat BR-20 as bombers, the Cant.Z 1007 as strategic reconnaissance aircraft, biplanes Fiat Fiat CR-42 and G-50 as fighter escorts, operating from Belgium a department called mixed CAI Italian Air Corps. The SM.79 prevalentetemente have operated in the Mediterranean and in Eastern Africa (Somalia - Ethiopia). Course has operated during the "War of Spain" and won many competitions aeronautical speed before the Second World War. His reputation is dependent on the role of torpedo bomber, so that the British soppranominarono "the blasted hunchback "

[Avio72]

That's a very nice looking model. I have an old 1:72nd scale solid resin casting of a SM-79 in a similar motif in my collection that needs some restoration when I have the time to make the repairs. In the version I selected to do the crew was obviously concerned about visibility at low altitudes, hence the white was omitted from the Italian insignias and the fuselage band was mostly obliterated with a green mottle:

It is un old Airfix kit, usualy identification white strep was painted on field with black smoke, for reduce visibility.

[Epap]

Actually, the model I show in the picture is a solid resin casting from a rubber mold I had made about 15-16 years ago that was, in large part, based on the Airfix kit. At the time, I was in my "rubber mold" phase and I had numerous molds created for me from "master copies" made by a process of kit-bashing, adding tape on the canopies to highlight the frames, inscribing panel lines, etc. I explained the process in a thread entitled "My Own Solid Resin Castings" in the ID/Recognition model section on June 6th, 2010, for anyone who might be interested.

[Avio72]

In those years the model SM-79 Airfix had become very rare, had reached crazy amounts of modelers Italians. Fortunately, in the mid 90 Airfix has reprinted. Since a few years there is the Italeri kit which is really superb.

In 1998 I was lucky enough to get on board a real SM-79 that I took some pictures.