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    Default For true Fiat Cr.42 lovers only

    Ciao guys,

    if anyone is interested, I would be glad to share this monograph re Fiat Cr.42.

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    It has about 50 color profiles in Italian, Belgian, Hungarian, Swedish and Finnish markings. It has an Italian/English text and it is about 17.5 MB.
    Great from a modeler point of view.

    Mau

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    Thats great Maurizio! Is there a Gladiator archive of the same kind? It would be as interesting as this one because of it (great) international use. Do you have link for this?
    Thanks


    Nick

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    Since early war planes are my favourite ones, biplanes especially, I am interested in getting this. How can we arrange it, Maurizio?
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    I have dozens of this stuff digged in my old hard disks

    Nick, Andrzej, Just PM me.

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    I saw one Cr. 42 in the flesh, preserved in RAF Museum in Hendon. It's a beautiful design, truly. The first impression is the sculpted strength inside. Any of you guys have played with the Falco mini (like I have) or it is a niche craft for you?
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    I really like the early bi-planes - very stylish, to say the least.
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    Indeed they are!

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    "Stylish" is the word I have been missing!
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    I am gonna double the stack saying they are sexy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mau Fox View Post
    I am gonna double the stack saying they are sexy
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    I have the Osprey book about CR 42 aces. Very good and this one seems to be good also.

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    The last of the Biplanes are an interesting set of planes; I could see a hypothetical campaign involving them. Including the Fury, the PZL P.11, the Boeing P-26, et. al.
    Karl
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    I would love to have this also.
    The CR.42 is one of my favourite planes, together with the Gladiator.

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    Ciao guys,
    just send me a PM with your email.

    Mau

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    You say CR42, and I say Malta.
    Biplanes rule the skies.
    Yes please Mau.
    PM sent.
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    I've always loved the pre- and early war Italian planes - were I to get into WWII, I'd do Western Desert, and I'd fly the heck out of the various Italian biplanes and other fighters.

    This looks like a wonderful resource!
    All the best,
    Matt

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    I too am a fan of the Biplanes of WW2 which are available from Ares Games. They are the most manoeuverable of all of the WGS aircraft types and I can easily have tons of fun playing all Biplane Solitaire Sessions which can and do last a couple of hours. Another good thing about the Fiat CR.42 Falco in particular is that two of the Ares Games Miniatures may be used as fighter-bombers whereas the third version (whichever Edition carries the yellow nose colour scheme) does not come with bombs fitted. So the Fiat CR.42 is not only highly manoeuverable but adaptable / versatile too.

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    As you see from my post of last year Barney, I am still really a Bi-plane man at heart.
    Rob.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    As you see from my post of last year Barney, I am still really a Bi-plane man at heart.
    Rob.
    I remember and cannot agree with you more - the Gloster Gladiator and Fiat CR.42 Falco are fun to fly, highly manoeuverable, adaptable and can as mentioned easily provide a couple of hours playing Solitaire compared with the faster and less manoeuverable aircraft types which appear to offer me less in this direction.

    There was also that one occasion where playing WGS against the Wife one day my Gloster Gladiator managed to shoot down the Focke Wulf Fw190D-9 which she was flying. But the best one by far has to be the Gloster Gladiator which during one of my early Solitaire Sessions picked up a left rudder jam followed by a right rudder jam ... yet it still went on to defeat a Reggiane Re.2001 Falco which was tailing it!

    Remarkable stuff

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    As I prepared for last night's game, I compared the decks of the Gladiators to the Bf-110s, 22 cards to 14, if memory serves me correctly. The Gladiators have a nice sharp turn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7eat51 View Post
    22 cards to 14, if memory serves me correctly.
    That sounds right with the Messerschmitt Bf.110C-7 using the N Deck and Gloster Gladiator using the L Deck of Manoeuver Cards.

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    Even the Swordfish, Albacores, and Walrus, still give that flying by the seat of your pants feeling, which the faster more clinical monoplanes seem to lack.
    I guess I still hanker for my Camel, Se5 and Bristols too much.
    Rob.
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