Fiat G-50...an old fashion Airfix kit

I did tell some time ago that my first kit was the Revell 1/72 Morane Saulnier type N when a was in bed recovering from a mumbless...I was in my eights. We were in the first half of the sixties then...

In my town, Punta Arenas, besides of Magellan Strait in the extreme south of South America, was an old British (Scot, like many others in my land) toys dealer (Mr. Hardy, I remembered him well with his always polite forms) who introduce the not assembled plastic kits in his offer...we saw the first generations of Revell and Airfix kits in Mr. Hardy's shelves.

One of my first kit in hand was this Airfix 1/72 Fiat G-50...in this time, we like very much the movable parts of these kits. I perfectly remembered that when I approached the cash to pay my purchase, Mr. Hardy, like every good dealer, opened wide his eyes and praised my purchase saying "oh...wonderful election boy, this machine fought in the Battle of Britain too".

This model was based in the 80's batch launched by Airfix, been the kit exactly like my first one. Surprisingly, in spite of the serious limitations of the molds, the radial engine is a little gem...not accurate by very well detailed. The cockpit is spartan, but very easy to complete with some wire to imitate internal structure, a lot of sanding to reduce the thickness of trailing edges of wings and empennage and replacing the capot machine guns by syringe needles.

Final result is an acceptable model indeed...and the eternal memory of Mr. Hardy and my very first kits...Now, I think that is absolutely necessary to have a Finnish version of this little obsolecent Italian bird.