M is for More Italians

Another PW show-lot, these are the Italian Air Force bazaar/rack-toys, also copied from the Coma originals in a smaller scale.

Clearly sharing a sculptor with some of the earlier Atlantic 'Italian Army' and Hitler/Bersaglieri sets (not the later WWII sets), they have similar poses and the para's have guys jumping over old branches too!

Four ground-crew/perimeter defence and two desperate-looking pilots; the guys with side-hats would make useful WWII summer Soviet infantry; although I think the rifle-grenade would have to go!

The metallic-blue plastic colour is similar to the side-hat'ted Cofalu I have in the storage zone (now the garage!), and when I find them I'll do a comparison, but I'm pretty sure these will prove to be noticeably smaller.

I also picked-up a Bersaglieri officer and he's here posed with two believed-Coma Bersaglieri originals and an Atlantic Bersaglieri bandsman for comparison.