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Lieutenant Indro

Indro Montanelli, journalist, writer and historian, died in 2001, he participated with the rank of lieutenant in the Ethiopian war of 1935. Seen in the XX Battalion Eritrean, was in command of a team of Ascari:

The Ascari were the members of the Italian colonial troops, recruited from the local population in Libya and Eritrea.

On the shoulder stand grades Bulucbasci (Sergeant), while the ventral band brings the colors of the battalion.

The gun is supplied mod.59 Carcano rifle in 6.5mm gauge manual repeating, the same as the national infantry.

54mm scale model, made entirely of metal.
Once stripped of the dross of the mold, I covered everything with a black primer, which I then proceeded with the painting. Washing in a brown complexion and black for all other parties created the required shading.
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