Italian Fiat G50 1/100 scale

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Following the Finnish G50 I re visited the parent model in out of the box colors as designed by Nobi. Never one to leave well enough alone, I can't say I re designed parts, more like just re arranged them to make the build easier.
Starting with the cockpit section I did add some very rudimentary interior; seat with belts and straps a small generic instrument panel and a crude head rest.

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To bad this isn't "what day is it? Wednesday". The Finn G50 had the forward parts incorporated in 2 pieces, the hump being a part of the forward fuselage with the bottom attaching to the cockpit section. It was and awkward bit to form, then line up. I separated the forward most section from the 'hump" and built the hump separately. It lines up better and seems a little smoother.

[Brent]

Very good job Ted, I found Nobi's G50 was one of his tougher models to put together.

Brent

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Brent, I agree. This is too small of a scale to add some of the subtle curves and bumps that this plane has. 1/72 and larger yes, but some of the bumps are just grinds in this scale.

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Over the hump and onto the fuselage. The engine cowling was a simple drum like affair. The after sections were preformed and the area aft of the cockpit curved inward. This was added to the fwd section with the rest of the aft sections added.

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Then the little details were added. With Siwi's suggestion the gunports were opened a bit a small .03 mm lead barrels were added. The under airscoop was added but is a bit difficult to see. Also I placed the wind screen. The exhaust stubbs, aerial and tail wheel need to be added before the Fuselage is 100%.

[Butelczynski]

I tried convincing Nobi to make wee bit more detailed 1:72 scale G.50 but he didn't seem interested in idea. It would be easier to build and that awesome Italian mottling would show so much better.

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I agree. The mottling camo shows up better on the real item than in the pictures.
The next phase of pics shows some seemingly little progress but, the detail bits took several hours to complete. The main gear shows a little reinforcement
like a piece of pencil lead to keep things aligned. The rudder was placed on the main fuselage assembly so I have a reference point to align the wings later. Also I placed the rudder because it was temporarily lost on the desk and when found had to be glued onto a part not easily lost! The last photo shows all the parts formed ready to be final assembled.

[Don Boose]

It certainly is fun watching you work and reading your commentary. It's turning into a pretty airplane.

Don

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Thanks Don. I leave small hints and bread crumbs for anyone considering a build of a particular aircraft. I look for someone else's builds when entering new territory if the model isn't familiar to me.
Almost there. The wings and stabs have been added, all waiting for the final details... When attaching landing gear the mounting holes should be done before attaching to the fuselage. This allows greater precision and control of depth and diameter before subjecting them to that amount of manipulation if attached. The wing spars on this small a scale can be safely reduced in length
and personal experience shows the cross ribs add nothing to the wing form and can be safely left off.