1/72 Amodel P.180 Avanti

Gallery Article by Bob Leonard on Jan 10 2018

 

      

P.180 Avanti of the Italian Coast Guard

This is the Amodel 1/72 Avanti P.180 of the Italian Coast Guard. From what I can determine, the Servizio Aereo della Guardia Costiera has only one P.180 used for maritime patrol. I used Tamiya X-5 Gloss Green, X-7 Gloss Red, Tamiya Liquid Surface Primer White and Caracal Decal sheet CD72036 Piaggio P.180 Avanti. 

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The kit is built out of the box. It is from a short run company from the Ukraine and they make models unlikely to be made by other firms. The detail of the kit is not Tamiya-level for sure and I approached the build as if it was the "world's finest vacuform." Every seam needs attention from the old wet and dry and some filler was needed here and there. Clear parts are not state of the art and I used Future to help improve the clarity. 

I really did not know much about the real airplane, but I thought it looked sharp. When the Caracal Decals appeared, I had to get the Amodel kit. The Caracal decals worked extremely well. The masking of the red underside and red/green fuselage sash took a lot of work. 

Bob Leonard

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