Details
A static display model of a Fiat CR30 biplane
constructed from sheet brass, nickle plated, with airframe details, rubber tyred undercarriage, the distinctive sesquiplane being a hallmark of Fiat's designer Celestino Rosatelli and this model having six exhaust stubs to each side of the nascelle to represent the Fiat A30RA 600hp V-12 water cooled engine; the type's immediate successor, the CR32, went on to see operational use in the Spanish Civil War and in Greece and East Africa at the start of the Second World War -- Wing Span 10in. (26cm.)
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constructed from sheet brass, nickle plated, with airframe details, rubber tyred undercarriage, the distinctive sesquiplane being a hallmark of Fiat's designer Celestino Rosatelli and this model having six exhaust stubs to each side of the nascelle to represent the Fiat A30RA 600hp V-12 water cooled engine; the type's immediate successor, the CR32, went on to see operational use in the Spanish Civil War and in Greece and East Africa at the start of the Second World War -- Wing Span 10in. (26cm.)
See Colour Illustration