Subject: Re: Fiat G.12
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Fam. Willekens" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:03:42 -0800

Hi Robert,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks for sending it in.   

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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  From: Fam. Willekens 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:08 AM
  Subject: Fiat G.12

  1/200 Fiat G.12

  by Robert-Jan Willekens
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  Help! Fellow modellers, I stumbled across an interesting die-cast aeroplane model in an miniature train and automobile jumble sale, near my hometown Uden in the Netherlands. The model was crudely painted brown and green, which I removed with paintstripper. What remained is this die-cast redition of a Fiat G.12.

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  The model is approximately 1/200 scale, with a 14.5 cm wingspan and 11.5 cm length. It looks very old, maybe it was a recognition model of WW2 vintage like the old Wiking plastic models (also to 1/200th scale) or it could be a presentation model mounted on a stand of sorts. On an ashtray, perhaps? The bottom shows some sort of covered-up mounting hole. It probably also had a landinggear, because the mounts are still more or less present.

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  The bottom of the left wing shows the text "FIAT G 212" and on the right wing "N. 132(?)" and "MADE IN ITALY"

  The logo of the manufacturer is unreadable. I have a fine colour photograph of the real thing from the book "Nei Ceili di Guerra" showing a Fiat G.12. Modellers; could any of you shed some light on this model? Like who is the manufacturer, are there more subjects of this sort of models, anything would help! Thanks a lot!!

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  Photos and text © 2003 by Robert-Jan Willekens