Scale Model Brands: Italeri

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Italeri is an Italian manufacturer of plastic scale models of airplanes, military vehicles, helicopters, ships, trucks, and cars. Italeri produces accurate scale model kits with attention to detail. The company was founded in 1962 by Giuliano Malservisi and Gian Pietro Parmeggiani. The first name of the company was "Italstamp" and the first scale model kit was released with the brand "Aliplast". The first 1/72 model was the Italian fighter Fiat G.55.

The company name changed to "Italaerei" and, ten years later, it was contracted into "Italeri", easier to use and to pronounce not only in Italian language. The logo consists of an airplane silhouetted over two red and green stripes. The company, located close to Bologna, started to produce product lines characterized by a certain “uniqueness” on the subjects. In particular Italeri used to have a wide range of Italian subjects. During its lifetime Italeri has also acquired the Supermodel and Protar brands.

Today, Italeri has a wide portfolio of scale models. It has designed the most famous Italian aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica used during the Second World War, from the small biplane fighters Fiat CR.42 to Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 three-engine bombers. Italeri has also produced, in 1/72 scale, the Savoia-Marchetti SM.79, nicknamed "gobbo maledetto”. Italeri also put great attention to WWII Italian Army military vehicles such as AB armored cars series, the small L6 recon tank, the rare, because of produced in few numbers, P-40 heavy tank. They have also produced a series of 1/35 scale motor torpedo boats of World War II such as the American PT-596, the metre-long model of the Schnellboot S-100 of the German Kriegsmarine, and the MAS of the Italian Regia Marina. The small assault boats 1/35 series also includes the Italian Barchino and Maiale and the German Biber. Italeri also produces of 1/24 scale model trucks, trailers and semi-trailers. In recent years, Italeri introduced the Photographic Reference Manual (PRM) for some kits, in which the subject of the scale model kit is described with a high level of historical information and modelling details. The first kit to be accompanied by the PRM was the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat.

Scale Model Brands: Italeri
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