First of all I'd like to thank everybody for the kind words. I'm happy that this subject interested quite a bit of people. What I can say is that it went together beautifully, there were no air bubbles at all and the flash to remove it's minimum. It can be also be painted in the Italian Army colours in a sand or sand/green camo.
What really impressed me is that it's a kit that also a beginner can put together without problems!
| QUOTE: Was it four wheel drive or just rear wheel drive? |
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It's derived from the AB41 chassis who was 4 wheel drive/steering. By the way for economic reasons it was decided to remove these features and it was just a
rear drive. If someone is interested in doing it the color is seven parts of Humbrol 20 and one of white.
| QUOTE: I've seen pics of a Staghound in the same colours as this. Are you considering doing a companion piece? |
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Robert, you know that I'm building almost exclusively Italian Cavalry subjects. This was an exception because the Crielmodel's owner sent one over to me to be built and painted to be shown at his shop when ready. This is the first non Cavalry subject in 10 years or so!
I've got on my shelf an Accurate Armour T17E1 "Staghound" that will "wear" the Armoured Cavalry School "colours" (in the Cavalry we call colours the markings)
| QUOTE: It looks like a fiat armed to the teeth |
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It actually is!!! SPA was a Fiat owned company specialized in miltary vehicles.
| QUOTE: I don't think I've ever seen one of those before |
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Something very close to this, having canister racks on the sides instead of the stowage boxes, was operational in North Africa, in particular in Tunisia with the Raggruppamento Sahariano during 1943. The vehichle they had was called Camionetta Mod. 42 "Sahariana" and it had more main armament options:
- Breda 20 mm
- 47/32 A/T gun
- Solothurn 20mm A/T rifle
I think the colour confuses a bit...
Ciao
Fabio