The Fiat Arsenale history is here

This article was first published on March 24, 2018

The model was formerly produced by the Italian artisan crielmodel, it was recently remoulded and can now be found on ebay. The quality of the remoulding is very good, there is as often with resin models quite few parts which allows a quick assembly. Only the support for the searchlight has been added and the machine gun slightly modified. The figure is a « the bodi russian officer » reference which has been reworked to match the Italian uniforms of the time (artillery). Indeed, since the arsenal fiat was built by the artillery arsenal of Turin, it remains under the control of artillery during the Libya campaign.

The paint:

The paint was very classical, a gray primer and several layers of green with modulation effect then wash and pigments. The biggest work was the figurine because it was necessary to change the uniform of a Russian officer to make it correspond to an Italian officer of 1912.