Review MODEL CELLAR 1/32 Francesco BARACCA

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Another great figure from MODEL CELLAR, sculpted by one of the best Mister Mike GOOD.
Thanks to Steve Kirtles (SKMINIATURES), Thanks also to my Bank manager, my Visa card, my wife and my children that because of my purchases do not go on holiday this summer

Item MC32028
Sculpted by : Mike Good
Box art by : Maurizio Fenucci
Scale: 1/32 (54mm)
resin cast

retail price $22.50 USD

If I did my count it was the third figure on this scale (or quite) of this famous As

PEGASO by ... Mike Good

ALLARMI by Nino PIZZICHEMI

SHORT STORY ((or it would not be one of my review)
Count Francesco Baracca (9 May 1888 – 19 June 1918) was Italy's top fighter ace of World War I. He was credited with 34 aerial victories. The emblem he wore side by side on his plane of a black horse prancing on its two rear feet inspired Enzo Ferrari to use it on his racing car and later in his automotive company
A great ad to your collection.
If you also appreciate WWI kits !

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Where buying ?
Soon from MODEL CELLAR and redlancers
Now seems that Steve Kirtles got one or two !
Highly recommended !

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

And I'm in process of doing fourth version
Mike's new sculpt is another beaut, with nice touch of heavy leather coat.
-MikeNZ

 

[Nap]

Hi ZC

Thanks for the review , need to get mine started just so much going on personally !!

Good looking figure sculpted by one of the best , MC did a bust as well I believe .

As for the lack of holiday think of their faces when you show them the finished model ...pure joy ....lol

Nap

 

[ModelCellar]

Zastrow,
Thanks for posting Baracca =).

Nap,
Ah you have a good memory =). Yes you are correct. We did do a Baracca bust in 1/12 scale. There were 2 versions: a bare head or officer's cap.



Sculpted by Mike Good, they are a perfect likeness and the details are clean clear and crisp. They are part of our range of 1/12 WWI aviator busts:

https://modelcellar.com/product-category/112-scale/

These are a continuation of the busts that were included in the 1/48 scale WWI aircraft kits from DML back in the '90s (Richthofen, Voss, Rickenbacker, and Goerthe) ...all sculpted by Mike. If you have those and you add ours (Lufbery, Voss, Baracca, Luke, von Bulow), it makes a VERY nice 'collection'.

regards,
Paul

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

sculpted by Mike Good, they are a perfect likeness and the details are clean clear and crisp. They are part of our range of 1/12 WWI aviator busts:

https://modelcellar.com/product-category/112-scale/

These are a continuation of the busts that were included in the 1/48 scale WWI aircraft kits from DML back in the '90s (Richthofen, Voss, Rickenbacker, and Goerthe) ...all sculpted by Mike. If you have those and you add ours (Lufbery, Voss, Baracca, Luke, von Bulow), it makes a VERY nice 'collection'.

regards,
Paul

Remember this range fondly Paul & good suggestion to continue.
Personally didn't do them justice in the day so may revisit.
Worth thinking about that Aces lineup again.
-Mike

 

[franceso sbarile]

Thank for the review, a very intersting piece of WWI. Only a small contribute about the colors of the uniform. Francesco Baracca was an officier coming from cavalry (from this the badge on the fuselage) an often the officiers uniforms didn't came from army store but from tailors. As far as I know we don't have color photo of Baracca's uniform but based on officier's uniforms survived to the war the color was more close to gray rather than the green of the troop.
http://uniformisgaggero.altervista.org/index.php?pagina=1900-1918&numpag=1&subpag=02&numarr=2
Cheers
Francesco