Riccardo Trotta

Here began my troubles and a change in subject: I finished the kit using Verde Mimetico 2 for the base color with Giallo Mimetico 4 and Bruno Mimetico 1 mottles hoping to apply the kit supplied decals; however Riccardo Trotta, an expert in unit markings and color and camouflage schemes of the Regia Aeronautica kindly pointed out that no such paint scheme existed on aircraft present in Palermo at the time.
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Ebbene qui sono iniziati i primi guai che mi han portato al cambio di soggetto: Ho dato un Vede mimetico 2 di fondo ed ho effettuato delle macchie in giallo mimetico 4 e bruno mimetico 1; ho sottoposto la visione della colorazione all'amico Riccardo Trotta, molto esperto nelle colorazioni della Regia, e giustamente mi ha fatto notare l'errore e la non corrispondenza di quella mimetica al velivolo basato a Palermo……..Che fare??Ho sfogliato varie riviste internazionali e fortunatamente su una rivista francese ho trovato che un collega modellista francese aveva realizzato una colorazione simile per un velivolo basato a Ciampino-Roma nel 1941…………bene era fatta !! Ho acquistato un foglio di decals 1/48 Sky models che mi ha salvato.Dopo aver aerografato il lucido, posato le decals , dato il lucido ancora, ho iniziato il dettaglio del vano carrelli.L'impresa si presentava ardua ma fortunatamente su una rivista italiana ho trovato una bella foto dell'esemplare del museo di Vigna di Valle con dei photoscope veramente notevoli…………

Riccardo Trotta

Gruppo Plastimodellismo Fiorentino - IPMS Italy - CMPR
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Riccardo Trotta was born in Florence (Italy) on January 15th , 1947 and lives with his wife Anna Maria in a neighburhood of the town; he completed a degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Pisa in 1973.He now works in Quality Control for a Space products plant in Florence for a well known Italian company.He has a

son 30 years old (also an Electrical Engineer) and a daughter (26) who has recently completed a degree in Architecture at the University of Florence.

Riccardo remembers when he assembled his first kit in 1959; it was an Airfix 1/72 Bristol Fighter which was soon followed by an Airfix 1/72 Stuka.However his most memoriable event occured when a Macchi C205 was transported to Florence, having touched the aircraft on the occasion of the first model show in October 1960.

During high school and the first years of University, modeling had taken a back seat to his studies.It was for his 1971 birthday that some of his friends presented him with an Italaerei Reggiane RE.2001 1/72 kit (the name of the firm then was Supermodel) and subsequently, in a short time, the series of Dimensione Cielo, dedicated to the Regia Aeronautica was published; and his love of Italian aircraft was revived.

From that period he began to collect all documents he could find regarding the Regia Aeronautica/ANR and later he became the first member of Gruppo Plastimodellismo Fiorentino (Plastimodelers Group of Florence) and subsequently a member of IPMS Italy and Club Modellismo Plastico Ravenna.

Today Riccardo continues modeling aircraft which flew with the Italian insigna and contributes to the CMPR and IPMS Notiziario; he also contributes to the Italian model magazine Air Kit News.

FIAT G.55 by Riccardo Trotta (Line Drawing)STORMO!
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Research by Riccardo Trotta

FIAT G.50 bis by Riccardo Trotta (Italian Classic 1/48)STORMO!
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Riccardo TrottaGruppo Plastimodellismo Fiorentino ( Florence Plastimodelers Group)
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by Riccardo Trotta