Friday, 16 November 2012

FIAT BR-20

Wg Cdr Luddite has sent me another photo - this time of a pair of 1/300 aircraft.  These Fiat BR-20s belong to the 12th Sentai, Japanese Army, Manchuria 1939.  They are 1/285 scale models by Leading Edge.
And yes, that is 'Fiat' as in the well-known Italian firm.  To deal with a shortage of modern bombers needed for the war in China Japan ordered enough of these to equip two air wings (12 and 20 Sentai).
There is no mention of the BR-20 in Fiat's current Japanese-market offering: link

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10 comments:

  1. FriendlyFire16 November 2012 at 13:58

    I'm not much of a plane guy, but those are amazing!

    Well done!
    FF

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  2. Nick Grant16 November 2012 at 20:56

    I wonder if they would have had more success with the Fiat Happy Chance?

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  3. Paul17 November 2012 at 11:02

    I did not know the Japanese had the Tim.

    Good informative post an nice work from the WGCMDR.

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  4. Tim Gow17 November 2012 at 11:49

    Friendly Fire
    AS I keep telling the Wg Cdr, they'll be nice when they're finished....

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  5. Tim Gow17 November 2012 at 11:50

    Nick Grant
    I wonder what sort of finance deal they got on the BR20s?

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  6. Tim Gow17 November 2012 at 11:51

    Paul
    If there's an obscure WW2 aircraft model in 1/300 the Wg Cdr is your man!

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  7. Chris Kemp19 November 2012 at 00:01

    Nice! they need a 1/285th Fiat 'Torta Decorazione Treno Carburante Petroliera'* to refuel them now :O)

    Regards, Chris

    *http://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/trains-to-tankers/

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  8. Bill19 November 2012 at 04:08

    Learn something new every day,very
    interesting!

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  9. Tim Gow19 November 2012 at 07:27

    Chris Kemp
    All this Italian-type language is becoming worrying.

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  10. Tim Gow19 November 2012 at 07:29

    Bill
    I'm glad to know you feel enlightened!

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