"The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. It was compact, robust and highly manoeuvrable and gave impressive displays all over Europe in the hands of the Italian Pattuglie Acrobatiche. The CR.32 fought in North and East Africa, in Albania, and in the Mediterranean theatre. It saw service in the air forces of China, Austria, Hungary, Paraguay and Venezuela. Used extensively in the Spanish Civil War, it gained a reputation as one of the most outstanding fighter biplanes of all time. It was overtaken subsequently by more advanced monoplane designs and was obsolete by 1939"
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Mebbe a bit of Latin exaggeration in that "most outstanding fighter biplanes of all time" but that is what it says on the Internet so it must be true.
No fans & critics you did not misread that header line, this is in 1:48. In one of my former lives I was a plastic modeler and did mostly 1:48 until I fell prey to the siren call of 1:144. A week or so ago a fellow papermodeler in some sort of drunken stupor contacted me and said he really liked my builds here on the forum. He is a fan of the CR.32 and is apparently having problems with his build of this kit. I told him I would have a go.
This is another Roman Vasilyev creation and as soon as I looked at it I think I saw where he was having trouble. This must be an early kit of Roman's because he has not included any type of joiner pieces. My engineering gene kicked in and I marked in some additional joiners, etc. before grabbing my weapons of destruction. Compare the shots of the full sheets to see what I added.
Once I got into it I could not resist adding a few bells & whistles. The instrument panel has little dots of white glue added to replicate the dial covers. If you squint and hold yer tonque just right you can see them. Also replaced the flat control stick with a bit of round styrene. I know that I may be visited by the paper model mafia for such an egregious violation but really a flat control stick!!?? Then I just went crazy and made some paper & wire seat belts.
So here is what I have accomplished so far. Don't know if I will leave the 1:100 fold but I do still have the first two kits I bought a 1:33 Nieuport 11 and a Sopwith Pup so we shall see.
Wikipedia
Mebbe a bit of Latin exaggeration in that "most outstanding fighter biplanes of all time" but that is what it says on the Internet so it must be true.
No fans & critics you did not misread that header line, this is in 1:48. In one of my former lives I was a plastic modeler and did mostly 1:48 until I fell prey to the siren call of 1:144. A week or so ago a fellow papermodeler in some sort of drunken stupor contacted me and said he really liked my builds here on the forum. He is a fan of the CR.32 and is apparently having problems with his build of this kit. I told him I would have a go.
This is another Roman Vasilyev creation and as soon as I looked at it I think I saw where he was having trouble. This must be an early kit of Roman's because he has not included any type of joiner pieces. My engineering gene kicked in and I marked in some additional joiners, etc. before grabbing my weapons of destruction. Compare the shots of the full sheets to see what I added.
Once I got into it I could not resist adding a few bells & whistles. The instrument panel has little dots of white glue added to replicate the dial covers. If you squint and hold yer tonque just right you can see them. Also replaced the flat control stick with a bit of round styrene. I know that I may be visited by the paper model mafia for such an egregious violation but really a flat control stick!!?? Then I just went crazy and made some paper & wire seat belts.
So here is what I have accomplished so far. Don't know if I will leave the 1:100 fold but I do still have the first two kits I bought a 1:33 Nieuport 11 and a Sopwith Pup so we shall see.
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