Italeri
| Type |
Private |
| Industry |
Model kits |
| Founded |
1962 |
| Founder(s) |
Giuliano Malservisi, Gian Pietro Parmeggiani |
| Headquarters |
Bologna, Italy |
| Products |
Plastic Model Kits |
| Website |
www.italeri.com |
Italeri Incorporated is an Italian manufacturer of plastic scale models of airplanes, military vehicles, helicopters, ships, trucks, cars and figures. The activity is focused on the production of accurate scale model kits with great attention to details.
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The company was founded in 1962 by the passion of the two founders, Giuliano Malservisi and Gian Pietro Parmeggiani that, since boys, love airplanes and military vehicles. They were very demanding and they were not satisfied enough with the scale models on the market available at those times. Due to this, they decided to use their strong passion in their daily work. They put all efforts in a new company foundation. The first commercial name of the company was "Italstamp" and put the first scale model kit on the market with the brand "Aliplast". The first 1:72 model was the Italian fighter Fiat G.55. Very soon, the company trade name becomes "Italaerei" and, ten years later, it was contracted into "Italeri", easier to use and to pronounce not only in Italian language. The logo, consisting of two red and green stripes and a stylized airplane propeller, identifies the strong commitment and experience in the production of scale models of aircraft. The company, located close to Bologna, start to produce product lines characterized by a certain “uniqueness” on the subjects. In particular Italeri used to have, in its commercial line up, a wide range of Italian subjects. During its lifetime Italeri has also acquired the Supermodel and Protar brands with the relative molds.
Today Italeri has a wide portfolio of scale models with some unique products. It has designed the most famous Italian aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica used during the Second World War, from the small biplane fighters Fiat CR.42 to Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 three-engine bombers. Italeri has also produced, in 1:72 scale, the famous Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 known with the nickname of "gobbo maledetto”. Italeri also put great attention to WW II Italian Army military vehicles such as AB armored cars series, the small L6 recon tank, the rare, because of produced in few numbers, P-40 heavy tank. It is much appreciated, by international modeling scene, the recent series of 1:35 scale motor torpedo boats of World War II such as the American PT-596, the huge, in terms of size, Schnellboot S-100 of the German Kriegsmarine and the MAS of Italian Regia Marina. Quite unique the small assault boats 1:35 series with the presence of Italian Barchino and Maiale and the German Biber. Italeri is also recognized as reference point for the production of 1:24 scale model trucks, trailers and semi-trailers. In the most recent years, Italeri introduced for some kits characterized by a certain originality, the PRM (Photografic Reference Manual). In this manual the subject of the scale model kit is described with an high level of historical information and modeling details. The first kits to be accompanied by the P.R.M. was the U.S. Navy torpedo boats PT.
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