Scale Aviation Modeller International – March 2019

T

he G.50 is a relatively

well covered subject,

as one can easily ind

a kit nearly in all scale

from 1:144 to 1:32. In 1:72 the

Airix kit is with us for more

than four decades and in 1999

came the AML examples. So

do we really need a new G.50 in

1:72? I think yes (much more

than another 109 if you ask

me); the Airix kit is really old

and it just shows and the AML

is short run ( I mean very-very

short run) so neither is a walk

in a park and if You want to

build a decent Fiat from them

you need to do some serious

THE KIT

I was pleasantly surprised

when I heard that SBS were

releasing a Fiat G.50. And I was

fortunate enough to visit the

SBS factory in Budapest where

I met Otto Jozsa who designed

this particular kit. He told me

that it had taken over a year to

inalize the design as he had

to reengineer the kit several

times as newer information

and photos came to light. He

found that all widely known

previous drawings are wrong

so he made entirely new ones.

This combined with very

high-resolution 3D printing

ensures the detail surpasses

even the most recent injection

moulded kits. The kit supplies

50 light grey resin parts (You

will use about 45) and a clear

one (windshield) a photo etched

fret (harnesses, IP and some

levers, pitot tubes etc.) with

acetate sheet for the IP, two

white metal gear legs. There

is a well-printed decal set for

two FAF aeroplane; one with

the original factory Italian

camoulage and a later one in

the Finnish olive/black/light

blue livery for this boxing.

THE BUILD

If you ever owned a small

scale produced Italian car you

may know that they are built

with what they have on the

shelves. The Italian aeroplane

Quick Build of the SBS Models Fiat G-50 1/72 scale by Gabor Szabo

THE DEFINITIVE

G.50

MARCH 2019 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

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QUICKBUILD

BY GABOR SZABO

FIAT G-50

1/72