This article was first published on January 23, 2014

hello all, to change a little from armored cars , I decided to assemble a model that was important to me for a while, the Italian torpedoboat MTSMA . I always found her beautiful , she looks like the ferrari of all torpedoboats, Italian design forever! .
What intrigued me the most at the first glance is to find where were the torpedoes and how they were lauched , she had only one but the problem is that there are no front doors so … given to the photo, it must be assumed that the torpedo was ejected backwards and that it then began diving but attention not to be on the path !
the boat comes from the Italian artisan royal model . As usual , royal model kit features a beautiful kit, some parts are very thin , so be careful not to break anything . The main piece is the body of the boat which is a block of resin (which may explain the high price of the model) onto which are thirty parts and accessories plus few tens of photoetched wing nuts . The difficulty is the photoetched cabin that can be either glued or solded and that was my case . I dealt it with a lot of apprehension because I had never practiced before , however this proved a breeze with soldering paste and soldering iron. If anyone is interested , I could put a little tutorial or video if I can .
On the Photo the cabin is not correctly positioned because it is flat while the top of the boat is a curve so that needs to be adjusted , the rear-wheel drive parts are not placed as they should be painted before being affected by the color separation .
a model victoria seaman (the one with the rope to the shoulder) will also be used.

Hi everyone, here is the royal model MTSMA finished, this kit was a pleasure to build except the photoetched cabin which gave me sweats … the paint is classic with an overall dark gray primer, then a light gray on the upper parts with a light (too light?) modulation effect on the various manholes, and then classic weathering. The figurine is painted with oils for flesh parts and with acrylics for the uniform. The supports are doorknobs from a DIY store. Hope you enjoy