SPA Modeler

I find these Micromark nipper tweezers pretty helpful for small parts. Actually outside of heavy sprue they are my go-to.

Great build - and wow what a challenging scheme. Overall a striking airplane. Well done.

Great stuff as usual Mark. Liking the Bear and the Hustler!

Absolutely excellent. Black as it should be done. Great weathering and a great subject.

30 minutes to spare. Looks great. Black is a tough color but you pulled it off. Great weathering.

Thanks all. The paints are MRP. They make the specific Italian colors - Nocciola on top and Grigio Azzurro on bottom. The interior and wheel wells are a duck egg green as I couldn't find exactly what Italian interior colors were. Now for the confession.... the smoke rings are no less than 100+ decal...

My first Italian bird. They are really beautiful airplanes - like everything Italian (including my wife :giggles: ) Looking at scalemates this was originally a Hasegawa kit. Fantastic model that went together really well. I botched a bit at the end but overall super fun kit https://i.imgur.com/vhXmE...

Looks great Lyle!

Literally a 8 hour build. Nice fitting kit - fun, and outside of my norm.

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