I built the 1/72 Revell Fiat Cr42 as the Swedish Air Force J-11 an aircraft bought initially for reconnaissance duty but forced in service as a stopgap fighter when the Us stopped all delivery of aircraft to Sweden in 1940. The kit probably dates from the 70s or early 80s and is rather crude by today’s standard. The thick wing struts and the lack of gun ports are the kits main downfall. I only build it to try out my new Infinity airbrush. I wouldn’t recommend anyone buying this kit, go instead for the excellent Italeri kit.
I opend up new gun ports and painted camouflage with Gunze H47 Red Brown, Tamiya XF59 Dessert and Lifecolor UA 530 Green. The underside was painted Gunze H53. The decals were a mix of kit decals and some old spare decals. The biggest problem was fixing the upper wing to the fuselage and lower wing, it took a lot of super glue and mild force. Well it turned out ok in the end but if you look close it looks like a flying lumberyard due to the thick struts.
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