Intro | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | PART 4 Honestly, the overwhelming majority of the work on the Fiat G.55 came prior to and during painting. The small number of G.55s the Italians managed to build were kept in pretty solid condition, and since the historical photos show little evidence for it,…
Category: PCM Fiat G.55 Centauro
Fiat G.55 Centauro Build Log, Pt. 3 – Painting
Intro | Part 1 | Part 2 | PART 3 The adventure that has been the Pacific Coast Models Fiat G.55 Centauro finally moves into the paint stage. In addition to the crazy splinter scheme, I’ve decided to use this build to really mess with some new preshading techniques.
PCM Fiat G.55 – Splinter or RLM?
From the moment I cracked the box on Pacific Coast’s Fiat G.55, I’ve known exactly which livery I’ve wanted to do – an experimental sand/red-brown/green splinter pattern dating from 1944. But over the past few days, a doubt’s been nagging at my mind. The splinter camo is indeed striking, but it’s also rather jarring, with…
Fiat G.55 Centauro Build Log, Pt. 2 – Control Surface Surgery
Intro | Part 1 | PART 2 Overall, the surface detail on the Fiat is satisfactory, but the control surface separation lines are rather shallow and vague. So I decided to separate the control surfaces.
Fiat G.55 Centauro Build Log, Pt. 1 – Cockpit and Main Assembly
Intro | PART 1 | Part 2
On the Bench: Pacific Coast Models 1/32 Fiat G.55 Centauro
The Fiat G.55 Centauro The Fiat G.55 was one of the last – and best – fighters build and operated by Italy during World War II. On a one-on-one basis, the high-altitude interceptor tangled effectively with Allied P-47s, P-51s and Spitfires, packing a potent Daimler DB605 inline engine and substantial hitting power by way of…
