Fiat G50-II Freccia -Finnish Aces-

Fiat G.50-II in Finnish Service. Finland, like David against Goliath, threatened by Stalin Soviet Union, was purchasing available weapons all over Europe in the years 1938-39. Whole batch of Fiat G.50 fighters was bought in Italy. Despite some troubles with their delivery, the new Fiat fighters made it to Finland just in time to get involved in the Winter War and fought successfully as well as during the Continuation War. As the weather conditions in Finland were quite different from sunny Italy, the machines were modified. The changes related to their tails, fuselage spines, propeller spinner etc. And the overall appearance of the fighters changed several times during their service. It also applies to the camouflages, the original Italian colours gave way to Finnish camouflages later. So it is our intention to capture all these changes in our model. You;ll find there three Finnish machines, and two of them in two different markings. These are machines of Finnish aces, Kapt. R.O.P. Puhakka and Luunt. O.Tuominen, including Tuominen ?s famous "Blue 6". The kit contains four plastic sprues, injected clear canopy, detailed resin parts including excellent Fiat A.74 engine, photo etches and decals.