1:72 Piaggio PC-7 wooden trestle for SBS Model kit

Accessory 1:72 Piaggio PC-7 - a wooden supporting trestle (SBS Model)

A miniature of the wooden trestle on which the Piaggio-Pegna PC.7 racing seaplane rested out of the water. It is an accessory on its own for a model, not a kit of the aircraft: there is no aircraft in the package and the trestle on its own does not make a complete model. It is cut for the PC.7 kit from the same maker, with which together it makes it possible to build a whole scene. The material of the parts and their number are given on the packaging of the set.

What the accessory is for

The Piaggio-Pegna PC.7 was an Italian experimental racing machine of the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, built for seaplane speed contests. It had no ordinary floats, and out of the water it therefore had nothing to stand on; a supporting structure served precisely for handling it and setting it down. In a display case this trestle solves a practical problem: a model without floats has no way of standing and without a support it looks unfinished. At the same time it is the simplest way of giving a model context without building a whole diorama.

Usage tips

• Put the assembly together dry first and check that the model sits on the supports without strain
• Paint the trestle separately from the aircraft, because wood is best imitated with a base color and an oil glaze
• Degrease the contact surfaces and glue them only once the varnish has dried
• If you set the accessory on a base, count on the center of gravity of the model being high

Who the accessory is for

For modelers who build the PC.7 in 1:72 scale and want to display the model as the machine looked on shore, and for anyone interested in interwar racing seaplanes and display-case scenes.

The accessory is supplied unassembled and unpainted. The kit of the aircraft, glue and paints are not included in the package.