Maybe one of the
most elegant and effective biplane fighters ever built, Celestino Rosatelli's
Fiat CR 32 saw action with Italian volunteers and nationalist forces during
Spanish civil war with impressive results and was still in service with Regia
Aeronautica in the early years of WWII, although obsolete.
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The kit is the venerable Smer (ex
Artiplast), nothing more than a shapeless amount of plastic. It was extensively
modified and improved, with no aftermarket. Scratchbuilt cockpit details, cut
and repositioned control surfaces, refined propeller and balance weights on the
upper wing, scratchbuilt struts, hollowed exhaust pipes, sanded and rescribed
panel lines where necessary, stretched sprue rigging, and so on. Kit decals
were used, except for tri-color rudder, which was painted.
Massimo
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