Italy WWII Trench Art Seaplane Cant Z.507B Airone (Heron) Spanish Civil War 1936 1939

ITALY: Trench art model of the Italian Cant Z.507B 
"Airone" (Italian: Heron) Bomber - Hydroplane. 
The fuselage of this airplane model is made of a 
rifle cartridge and the wings are made of artillery 
shell parts. 
Note the details of the engines and of the landing 
system - floaters.
The 3 propellers are rotatable.
Dimensions: 12cm x 14,5cm x 5cm 
The CANT Z.506B was a triple-engine floatplane. 
Its production by CANT started in 1935. 
It established 10 world records in 1936 and 10 
more in 1937. 
It saw its first operational use during the Spanish
Civil War (1936-1939) as a reconnaissance aircraft 
and torpedo bomber.
During WWII it was used as a reconnaissance 
aircraft, bomber and air-sea rescue plane, by the 
Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) & the Italian 
Navy (Regia Marina) as well as by the German 
Luftwaffe.
The CANT Z.506 is considered one of the best 
floatplanes ever built, remained in operational 
service for more than 20 years while the Z.506S 
air-sea rescue variant remained in service until 
1959

Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939 & WW2 1940 - 1945

Item 100% original

Condition as on the photos

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