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HISTORICAL MINIATURES BY GEORGE GRASSE |
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SPAD 7 S.2489, 91a Squadriglia, Sototenente Luigi Olivari, Royal Italian Air Service 1918 |
by George Grasse
SPECIAL HBBY 1:48 SCALE INJECTION KIT SO4010 of the SPAD 7 in ITALIAN SERVICE
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SPECIAL HOBBY SO4010 BOX ART
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SPAD 7 3-VIEW DRAWING
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| This 3-view drawing is reproduced here from the Harleyford publication Fighter Aircraft of World War 1. The Spad 7 brought the Allies level with German fighter aircraft development. It was one of the sturdiest fighters of the war and continued to be built and used by Allied pilots well beyond the normal period of an aircraft's life. In fact, it was preferred by many pilots over the more powerful but less manueverable Spad 13. It was one of the French built aircraft which was not licensed to Italian manufacturers. |
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| The model to be built is the Spad 7 S.2489 flown by Sototenente Luigi Olivari of the 91a Squadriglia, the "squadron of aces". Olivari did not survice the war but managed to officially claim 12 victories, three Silver and two Bronze medals. Consult the bibliography below. |
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| Sototenente Luigi Olivari from Osprey Aces No.89, The Italian Aces of World War I. He appears to be seated in a Nieuport 11 probably built by Maachi. |
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CONSTRUCTION PHOTO No. 1 |
| Scheduled to start in late winter or early spring. . . . . . . |
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Bibliography:
Bruce, J.M. Spad 7 C.1, Windsock Datafile No.8. Oxford, UK. Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Davilla, James J. Dr. and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Boulder, CO: Flying Machines Press, 2002.
Gentilli, Roberto. Italian Aviation Units in the First World War, volume 3. Aeronaut Books, 2024.
Lamberton, W. M., Compiler, and E. F. Cheesman, Editor. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Los Angeles, CA: Aero Publishers, 1962.
Varriale, Paolo. Italian Aces of World War I, Osprey Aces No.89. Oxford, UK. Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Velek, Mark. Spad S.VII C1. Stasnice, Czech Republic: 4+ Publications, 2004.
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