Arditi!

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May 22, 2021
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May 24, 2021
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May 24, 2021
First steps. I was warned about the outlined chassis beams.
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May 25, 2021
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May 25, 2021
Broke something, and tried the Italian Desert Yellow, from LifeColor. Nice paint.
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May 29, 2021
Think I solved the prob with the camber. Drilled a hole next to the original fusepen.
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May 29, 2021
Think I solved the prob with the camber. Drilled a hole next to the original fusepen. Here the old situation.
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May 29, 2021
Fixed
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May 29, 2021
Right
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May 29, 2021
Wrong
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May 29, 2021
Wrong
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May 31, 2021
After some advice from a fellow modeller I made the frontwheels a bit turned. Thanks, Jan!
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June 1, 2021
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June 1, 2021
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June 1, 2021
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June 1, 2021
Point of no return, we’re going right. Giusto!
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June 1, 2021
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June 1, 2021
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June 20, 2021
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October 14, 2021
So, I choose the closed windshield and canvas headlight and mirrorcovers. Think you give away your position many miles away otherwise (in the desert)
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October 14, 2021
It’s funny that both Germany and Italy claim they invented the “jerrycan”. The ones with a white cross contain water
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October 14, 2021
The Allarmi boys came with extra heads and equipment.
Very crispy (and too expensive), the chap on the right I had to glue down on his Breda gunseat, no way to get him in place otherwise. The gun is so delicate…
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October 24, 2021
Basic paint for the AS is Life Color 218 (dark yellow).
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October 28, 2021
Light sand (Life Color Giallo Sabbia Chiaro UA217) for the AS42, light stone (AK 11377, 3rd gen) for the jeep
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October 28, 2021
Light sand (Life Color Giallo Sabbia Chiaro UA217) for the AS42, light stone (AK 11377, 3rd gen) for the jeep.
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October 29, 2021
Slowly we’re getting there. Painted in light yellow (UA217 Life Color) en a flat cote.
Did some chipping with a spongs and weathering with Life Color liquid pigments.
Sprayed the tricolore on, but does it matter on which side the red and green are sprayed on?? ??
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October 30, 2021
Allright, I “turned” the flag around, before I went spraying the white the first time, I sprayed a chipping medium on the hood, so removing the first flag was done in a minute. Airbrushing te second went fine, as the cut out masking tape was still allright.
Rest of the day was doing washes
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October 30, 2021
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October 31, 2021
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October 31, 2021
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October 31, 2021
It took me whole day to paint the gunner, glue it onto the Breda gun and place it in the AS42.
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October 31, 2021
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November 5, 2021
Final pictures
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November 5, 2021
Final pictures
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November 5, 2021
Final pictures
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July 16, 2022
Together with the captured Willy’s
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July 16, 2022
Together with the captured Willy’s.( Foto made with Hipstamatic)
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July 16, 2022
Together with the captured Willy’s

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Immediately I was intrigued by this vehicle. As it was a modelhit ten years ago I had great trouble to get all the wanted parts.
So I payed the motherload for the figures. But I wanted them.
I also read more about the Italian Soldier in general and in particular the Arditi.
The 10th Arditi Regiment was formed again in WW2 as an answer to the British L.R.D.G. and the S.A.S. as the Arditi were disbanded after WW1.
The Germans had great respect for the Arditi!

ARDITI !!!

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1:35 Camionetta AS 42 Sahariana (Italeri 6452)

1:35 AS42 Sahariana Bodenplatten (Royal Model 496)

1:35 AS42 Sahariana (Italeri Nr.6452) (Royal Model 495)

1:35 AS42 Sahariana Wheels with Spare (Hussar Productions 35064)

1:35 Italian Sapper with Mine Detector (Hornet & Wolf SC7)

1:35 Barrel for Italian Breda 20mm L/65 automatic gun (Italeri) (Aber 35L116)

AS-42 Sahariana

Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army 1861-1946)
Raggruppamento Sahariano R.E.792 B
1943 World War 2

Italian Sand

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