

This item is an injection-plastic aircraft model kit. Japan-based Fine Molds is currently one of the world’s premier model kit manufactures. Fio Figure & Plastic Model Kit - Filgore - Savoia S.21F After - Scale 1/72 - Fio & Porco - Ghibli Please agree to the TERMS before purchase. As a matter of fact, Hayao Miyazaki is said to have drawn his Savoia S.21 from his childhood memories of Macchi M.33.”Ĭonstant readers of the blog will no doubt be familiar with this model, as 4 outstanding builders have taken a shot at the Savoia over the years. Buy 1/72 Curtiss R3C-0 - Model Kit for 40.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. Fine Molds’ The Age of the Flying Boat / 1/72 Porco Rosso’s Savoia S.21 Early / Late Fio Type. The owner of Fisher Models and producer of the magnificent 1/32 scale F9F-5 Panther and F9F-8 Cougar has a love for seaplanes. Printed on 100 cotton watercolour textured paper, Art. Break out your top hats and monocles it’s about to classy in here. An actual Savoia S.21 even existed, though the fictional one does not closely resemble it-the Cant.Z 501 “Seagull” is probably the closest real-life match. High quality Porco Rosso inspired Art Prints by independent artists and designers from around the world. The S.21 is a fictional seaplane / fighter that appears in the anime Porco Rosso, directed by Hayao Miyazaki.Īccording to Wikipedia: “While the plane depicted in the film never existed, Savoia was an actual Italian aircraft maker which produced a considerable number of flying boats in the 1920s, during which the film is set. Stephen 趙(Chao) ( obscurance) makes his first appearance since 2009 on this venerable blog, with this gorgeous “ Savoia S.21“.
