on a side note to a wondefully built kit, I’ll add a comment on the green mouse depicted on the plane, as maybe not of all ypu know its meaning in Italian.
The green mause, or rat, refears to an italian slang expression: “ti faccio vedere i sorci verdi”, that translate, more or less, into: “I’ll show you the green rats” that means: “I’ll let you through a very hard time”.
it is not very used nowadays, but it was common in the past. consider this expression: “by boss made me see the green rats” meaning “i had a hard time at work”, or “if you don’t stop it, i’ll show you the green rats!”, meaning “if you don’t stop it i’ll beat you up in a bad way”.
may be you also saw the green rats on ww2 planes as it was the insigna of 205 bombing squad the first to recive the SM79.
ciao
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