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The following aircraft has been around for a long time on my computer, but seems to have been missed when I've uploaded some of my aircraft
So here it is the Besson MB.411

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Nice! isnt it the one in your avatar?

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@Novice
You've already posted it, in December 2011. But of course it's a very nice work and posting it again does certainly no harm.

Yes. It was posted then without the propeller which I forgot, and said I would add. As I didn't, I re-posted the above.
@Radome
It is my avatar.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Sukhoi Su-30MKV Flanker C

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kike-92

Nice additions guys.
Eswube, you've excellent yourself again with these lesser known types from very small producers. I'd never heard of any of these before!

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I come here now with various novelties and repaints.

Before starting, i'd like to thank eswube for his help on these drawings and to everybody who, actively or passively gave me their permisson to reapint their already drawn airplanes.

I'm going to start with the Macchi C.200.
The Macchi C.200 was an Italian ww2 fighter aircraft which served, in various configurations in the Regia Aeronautica and many other air forces. It proved to have an excellent manoeuvrability and in general it's flying characteristics were good. Also enjoyed of an exceptional stability during dive maneouvers (such as dive bombing) but, it lacked power and powerful weaponry, compared with another fighters of the same years.

The most important versions:

• First prototype: Made it's maiden flight in 24th December 1937
  Second prototype: Made in 1938, it introduced modifications in the canopy (not visible due to drawing "limitations") and in the engine's cooling system.
  Serie I early: The first 25 exemplars of the first production series. They were equiped with a Fiat Hamilton 34-D1 propellers, armoured nose cone and a better armoured canopy.
  Serie I production model: The next Serie I exemplars. They had various modifications which made them closer to the definitive configuration
  Serie II: The transition between Serie I and Serie II meant only some minor detail changes, being the most obvious one the inclusion of an aerodinamical compensator in the vertical stabilizer and the elimination of the retractable tail wheel.
  Serie VII: The most produced variant. This was the definitive production model for this airplane. Note that the cristal canopy was abandoned in favour of a semi enclosed one.
  Serie XXIII: AKA CB (Caccia-Bombardiero). Fighter-Bomber version equipped with two hardpoints under the wings to carry two 50kg bombs or an external fuel depot to fulfill the bomber escort role.
  AS: Tropicalized version which included an anti sand filter for the air intake and an attached radiator for the oil circulation system.
  C.200bis: Made by Breda and equipped with a Piaggio P.XIX RC45 engine. It never went beyond the protoype stage.
  C.201: An intended evolution of this airplane with an enclosed cockpit and a FIAT A.76 RC38 engine. Poor performance and never went beyond prototype stage.

Now here's the list of every version, even if the changes were minimal with details about when it was fabricated and by what company based on the serial numbers:

MM. 336 -first prototype
MM. 337- second prototype
MM. 4495-4593 - n.99 (jun. 1939-mar. 1940, Macchi)
MM. 4857-4880 - n.24 (jun. 1940-jan. 1941, Ambrosini)
MM. 4881-4896 - n.16 (jan-mar. 1941, Ambrosini)
MM. 4897-4906 - n.10 (mar.-may. 1941, Ambrosini)
MM. 5081-5162 - n.82 (jun.-sept. 1940, Breda)
MM. 5163-5200 - n.38 (sept.-dec. 1940, Breda)
MM. 5201-5260 - n.60 (nov.-dec. 1940, Breda)
MM. 5261-5360 - n.100 (dec. 1940-mar. 1941, Breda)
MM. 5770-5814 - n.45 (mar-jun. 1940, Macchi)
MM. 5815-5920 - n.106 (mar.-sept. 1941, Breda)
MM. 6490-6544 - n. 55 (dec. 1940-mar. 1941, Macchi)
MM. 6660-6703 - n. 44 (jun.-nov. 1941, Ambrosini)
MM. 6715-6724 - n. 10 (may. 1941, Ambrosini)
MM. 6725-6744 - n. 20 (may.-jun. 1941, Ambrosini)
MM. 6795-6804 - n. 10 (jun.-jul. 1940, Macchi)
MM. 6805-6828 - n. 24 (jul.-aug. 1940, Macchi)
MM. 6829-6890 - n. 62 (jul.-dec. 1940, Macchi)
MM. 7659-7708 - n. 50 (may.-sept. 1941, Macchi)
MM. 8289-8338 - n. 50 (nov. 1941-feb. 1942, Breda)
MM. 8131-8250 - n. 120 (mar.-oct. 1942, Breda)
MM. 8437-8466 - n. 30 (nov. 1941-apr. 1942, Ambrosini)
MM. 8596-8615 - n. 20 (apr.-jun. 1942, Ambrosini)
MM. 8618-8643 - n. 26 (jun.-aug. 1942, Ambrosini)
MM. 8794-8843 - n. 50 (dec. 1941-jul. 1942, Macchi)

Blanck, Italy, Great Britain (United Kingdom), Germany, Co-Belligerent Italy and USA, Macchi C.200 Saetta.






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Now, as i said in the beginning of the post i have various airplanes to show you.

The second is some kind of surprise because i discovered that some P-40 were captured by the Italians during 1942 and pushed into service inside the Reggia aeronautica. As it seemed very attractive to me to see that beauty in Italian markings, after making some research in internet i decided to rearrange some pixels:

Italy, Curtiss P-40B:





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The third one is another repaint, but this time of a French ww1 airplane which served also with Italy and Spain, among other countries, the Nieuport IVG.

Italy, Spain Nieuport IVG:



The Nieuport IVG served under Italian command during the Italo-Turkish war of 1911 and it has the honour of being the first airplane to be used to attack land targets in any war. It served like you can see in the picture, without any distinguishable mark.

Under the Spanish command it served mainly as a recon aircraft intended to keep the Spanish Morocco under control after the Moroccan revolt of 1909.

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And, last, but not least, an american interwar bomber which i liked and wanted to redraw despite of not having (AFAIK) any relation with Italy :

USA, Huff-Daland/ Keystone B-4:



If anyone knows the unit where the painted version served, please tell me, because i'd like to know it. I have the feeling that it served in an unit destined in the Philippines but it's just that, a feeling.

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Currently working on:

• Fiat G.50
  Breda Ba.64/65/75
  Dornier Do.17/Do.215
  Heinkel He.79
  Junkers Ju.52
  Junkers J.I

Repainting:

• Grumman F4F Wildcat/Grumman G-36
  Caproni Ca.135bis

Awesome work, Naixoterk!

Very nice camo !
Is it LB-4A or just B-4A?

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Awesome work, Naixoterk!
Those Macchis are really great and you've done another excellent job of painting the various camouflage schemes.
The Italian P-40 is very interesting too.

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