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M14/41 – Assembling & painting

Assembling and painting of my model of M14/41, an Italian medium tank widely used in North Africa from 1941 to 1943.

This model represents the M14/41, a medium tank used by the Italian Royal Army during the Second World War. Since it fought mainly in North Africa, I chose to give it a desert camouflage. In this post I will show the phases of assembling and painting.

M14/41 and M13/40 tanks advancing in the Libyan desert, 1942.

M14/41 – History

History of M14/41, an Italian medium tank produced by FIAT and used by the Royal Italian Army in North Africa during the Second World War.

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In this post I’ll talk briefly about the history of the M14/41, a medium tank used by the Royal Italian Army during the Second World War. It was produced by FIAT and it saw service mainly in the North African front.

CV 33 – Interiors

This model of CV 33 Italian tankette includes the interiors. Once I’ll complete it, very little of those will be visible, thus I’ll show them here.

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The interiors of a scale model, like those of this CV 33, are not always completely visible once the work is completed. Nonetheless, it doesn't mean they don't deserve any attention!

An abandoned Italian Fiat Ansaldo CV33 light tank, left behind after a battle with British armoured cars on the Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940.

CV 33 – History

History of the Carro Veloce 33 (CV 33), a (too much) light tank used by the Royal Italian Army before and during the Second World War.

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Here's a brief history of the Carro Veloce 33 ("Fast Tank 33", abbreviated in CV 33 and, later, in L3/33), an Italian light tank. It saw service in the Royal Italian Army in 1930s and early 1940s.

Semovente da 75/18 – Diorama

In order to give some context to this model of an Italian Semovente da 75/18, I chose to make a simple diorama using the included figures.

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Some time after assembling this model of Semovente da 75/18, I decided to paint also the miniatures, that I had previously left in the box... and since I was there, I also built a small diorama!