Piaggio P.180 Avanti
Amodel Avanti
Box art showing the Spanish registered
Avanti
Fuselage sprue.
Wings and tailplanes.
Interior floor and bulkheads - plus wheel bays.
Engine nacelles and propellers - plus foreplanes and
ventral fins.
Cabin and crew seats, mainwheels and aerials.
Clear canopy and windows.
Decal sheet - charter EC-LPJ and Italian Marina options.
Construction diagram showing fully detailed interior - I
left out the cabin seats as they would not be seen.
Paint diagram for EC-LPJ..........
.... and for an Italian Marina example.
I fitted the clear windows - and blanked them off inside.
Cockpit interior - note the filled-in windows.
Engine components and finished nacelle.
Cockpit glazing added and masked - cabin windows filled
for a smoother finish.
Wings and engine nacelles.
Finished model - cabin windows are black decals printed
with an inkjet printer onto clear decal film.
Size comparison with Beech
Starship - also by Amodel.....
Starship.... 6 passengers + 2 crew, max speed 385mph,
range 1,742 miles - all composite
Avanti... 7-9 passengers + 1 crew, max speed 460mph, range
1,738 miles -
all metal
A late addition - the tailcone mounted whip aerial.
Finally.
Ken Duffey
Nov 2017