Italeri 1/72 S.79 Sparviero Bomber versionaircraft model kit

This is an injection-plastic aircraft model kit.

UPGRADED PARTS - SUPER DECALS SHEET FOR 6 VERSIONS

FIGURES NOT INCLUDED

The S.M.79 Sparviero was created and manufactured in the 1930s by Italian company SIAI-Marchetti initially as a civilian aircraft, which then went on to achieve significant world speed records during this period. Featuring a typical three-engine low-wing configuration, it had a wood, canvas and metal frame. Subsequently reconfigured into military variants, it was widely used by the Italian Regia Aeronautica during the Second World War, particularly as a bomber in the Mediterranean theatre and then as an effective torpedo bomber. Recognizable by the "hump" behind the cockpit and due to its three 750 HP Alfa Romeo 126 RC34 radial engines, it was capable of reaching a top speed of 430 km/h. In its basic bomber role it was superseded by many  other more modern aircraft, however the "Sparviero" for the entire duration of the conflict achieved significant results in the hands of its skilled crews during torpedo maritime operations in which it attacked  enemy shipping.

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero

 Aviazione Legionaria (Italian Legionary Regia Aeronautica in Spain 1936-1939)

• 205 Sql., 41 Gruppo, 12 Stormo 5
  1937 - Balearic Islands 
  FS34272 FS30118 FS33481 FS36293
• 28 Sql., 25 Gruppo, 21 Stormo 28-16
  1938 - Balearic Islands 
  FS34092 FS33594 FS36293

 Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force 1935-1943)

• 193 Sql., 87 Gruppo, 30 Stormo 193-1
  June 1940 - Sicilia
  FS34092 FS30118 FS33434 FS36293
• 258 Sql., 109 Gruppo, 36 Stormo 258-6
  1940 - Borgo Panigale, Bologna
  FS34092 FS30118 FS33481 FS36293 FS33655
• 60 Sql., 33 Gruppo, 11 Stormo 60-7
  1940 - Sicilia
  FS34092 FS30215 FS36293

 US Army Air Corps (1926-1942)

• 79 FG
  September 1944 - Gerbini, Sicilia 
  FS34092 FS36293