As
I needed some rest after the debilitating job of the Crusader,
I just wanted to make a small and unpretentious model: here
we have the “Mangusta”! As a “pro-Italian”
I could not help but making the “Mangusta” The
Italeri kit is decent and sufficiently represents the last
helicopter gunship issued to the AVES ( Air Force of the Army
). I had the opportunity to go through a good deal of documentation
regarding the various tests carried out using many versions
of the “chopper”: with and without turret, with
and without guns, with “shielded” turbines exhausts
and… I bought the kit and I mounted it straight from
he box. The only problem I had to solve was that I had to
use a bit of putty for the engine nacelles. Furthermore, I
added some electric wires to the TOW missile launchers, but
I didn’t mount the rocket launchers because they made
the Mangusta look like a “Cobra.” Green and 34087
Gunze seemed to me similar enough to the real green-olive-brown.
Decals from the box, a shade of matt and…here it is,
the “Mangusta” on exhibit in 6 days !
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