M F C A Preview - Francesco Baracca - 1/32 (54mm) - Model Cellar

[ModelCellar]

The Model Cellar would like to announce the last new release we will be previewing at MFCA this weekend. It is another new 1/32 (54mm) WWI Aviator 'portrait' figure. This time it is Francesco Baracca. Sculpted by Mike Good, it is an amazing likeness of the top Italian Ace. And, as you would expect from Mike, the details are clean, clear, and crisp as usual. Baracca joins Voss, Schleich, Bishop, the Richthofen brothers, Immelmann, Boelcke and Lufbery in our lineup of outstanding 'portrait' WWI aviators. ​

We will have a limited number of pre-production castings at our trade stand. Stop by and check out this new piece. ​

Kit particulars:​

Francesco Baracca ​

item MC32028​

sculpted by: Mike Good​

box art by: Maurizio Fenucci​

scale: 1/32 (54mm)​

resin cast​

retail price $22.50 USD​

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Thanks for looking​

Paul​

www.ModelCellar.com​

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[Huw63]

Excellent - it's really captured Baracc.

Cheers

Huw

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

After the bust, another great representationof the forgotten Ace !
And the little grain of salt !
The insignia on Baracca's plane :

Baracca adopted as a personal emblem a black prancing horse on his Nieuport 17, in tribute to his former cavalry regiment. This prompted some to call him, "The Cavalier of the Skies".
5 years after Baracca's death (1918 /34 kills), in 1923, a car loving Italian from Modena called Enzo Ferrari met the mother and father of Baracca. Baracca’s mother told Ferrari to paint the prancing horse on his cars as it would give him good luck. Ferrari did so and added the splash of yellow, the color of his birthplace, Modena.
And so was born the badge of the Ferrari brand, world famous badge "Cavallino Rampante"

Unfortunately, Count Baracca has been a little forgotten ....

 

[Reptor]

Just Fantastic !!!!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Absolutely right!

Baracca won most of his 34 aerial victories with a SPAD S.XIII with the "Cavallino Rampante" sign...:



On June 19, 1918, he was was killed in a low-altitude flight over the Montello (Piave) by Austrian gunfire.

If you are looking for the matching aircraft, you will find it at "Hobby Craft" ...:




Cheers

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Absolutely right!

Baracca won most of his 34 aerial victories with a SPAD S.XIII with the "Cavallino Rampante" sign...:

On June 19, 1918, he was was killed in a low-altitude flight over the Montello (Piave) by Austrian gunfire.

If you are looking for the matching aircraft, you will find it at "Hobby Craft" ...:




Cheers

Just a little detail, his first "kill" was with Nieuport 10 then he flown with Nieuport 11(sigle seater), then he also flew with a Nieuport 17 after he got a Nieuport 26 , continuing with a Spad VII and then with the Spad XIII.

Baracca's Nieuport 11
Refrences : Italian Aces of WWI and their Aircraft.
Roberto Genttilli
Schiffer military edition
ISBN : 0-7643-1664-8
2004

Baracca Spad VII
Not a lot of photos exist.
Why don't use a Iphone or Samsung in 1917 ?????

 

[Pavka]

Great Mike style figure, congrats!
Pawel

 

[ModelCellar]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the positive feedback. It was good to see some of you at MCA - thanks for stopping by the table and introducing yourselves.
Martin & Rigaud thanks for the extra info - very cool, very cool =)

regards,
Paul