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ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« on: May 07, 2012, 10:16:25 PM »
Dear all, here I post some pictures of the first model built in my new modeling life.
The famous Italian (design and built) reconoissance plane
Ansaldo SVA 5.

The one I decided to make is one of those which flew over Vienne in August 1918 throwing leaflets to the citizens instead of bombs...

That was a great move and impresse a lot the local population, although it did not decide anything about the war outcome, it gave a lot of confidence and new psychological energy to the Italian soldiers and especially to the population which was obviously  worn-out.
11 pilots took off from the air base near Venice but only 8 came back, but not because they were shot down, just for mechanical problems.
Only one of them had to make a emergency landing near Vienna and was taken prisoner by the Austrians.
My plane is the one that you can see in the Vigna di Valle Italian Airforce Museum, and was piloted by Lt. Giordano Bruno Granzarolo, he arrived to Vienna and successfully came back.

The kit OOB was a Red Army plane, Ansaldos were sold to Russians in the 20s so I had to draw and print myself the decals.
The quality of the kit was horrible, so I had to scratch build most of the details, the other pieces were heavily corrected / reshaped.


This is the artwork I did myself for the base


This is the base with the plane


Here we go with some pictures















OK, there is a gross mistake: the lower wing was not camouflaged, but I discovered this too late!
Then the upper wing broke while being put in place and now appears to be bent.

All in all I am satisfied by this work although there are a lot of things to improve!

Thanks for your attention and excuse me for such a long post.

Ciao

Antonio

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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2012, 10:27:13 PM »
Love your presentataion and machine. Enjoyed the historical information too. Well done Antonio!

Thanks for sharing.

Paddy
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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2012, 10:34:59 PM »
Great historical presentation, beautiful model.

Cheers

Pete.

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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2012, 11:29:15 PM »
   Antonio,
Excellent presentation my old friend,fantastic artwork. You did an excellent job turning a sow's ear into a silk purse with the Ansaldo. Bravo
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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2012, 11:37:36 PM »
Thanks everybody, anyway I know I can do much better, but... there's no hurry!

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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 02:21:57 AM »
Congratulations, Antonio!  You did an amazing job with a really rough kit.  She's gorgeous.  I love Italian planes, especially the Ansaldo line.  I did Karaya's wonderful A1 Balilla over a year ago and she's still my favorite.  I would recommend that kit to you.  You would love it.  It would be such a nice change after fighting with the Smer kit.
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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2012, 06:47:59 AM »
Well done, Antonio! -

I've built a Smer Fokker DR1 a couple of years ago so I know what rough kits these are and the work needed to make them look half reasonable.

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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 07:03:31 AM »
Antonio,
As others have indicated you have done a really fine job on a difficult/rough old kit. Love the presentation!
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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2012, 10:38:36 AM »
Lovely model and presentation Antonio!!
Thanks for sharing.

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Re: ANSALDO SVA 5 - Smer 1/50
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2012, 03:00:32 PM »
Sharp display Antonio!!!

Steve