The next 1/4800 release, aircraft carriers...
(Almost) everybody knows the Aquila, a conversion from a passenger liner (SS Roma). She was almost completed by the time of the armistice. From a distance, her profile looks similar to the Kriegsmarine's CV Graf Zeppelin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila
http://www.navypedia.org/ships/italy/it_cv_aquila.htm
Sparviero, another planned passenger liner conversion. Simple enough design-wise, just hoped they improved upon the design to something similar to the Aquila
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Sparviero
http://www.navypedia.org/ships/italy/it_cv_sparviero.htm
Bonfiglietti Project 1929 (see below)
There are a couple of WW2 Italian CV designs floating around, specially in one MMO naval game: Bolzano (post-war) conversion, Rota(1925), Gagnotto(1936), etc. (I have no idea the availability of the RM in that game when I did my list)
After some research, I've read that the design of the La Spezia model (Vian-Bonfiglietti Project 1928 CVL) in this link, was an earler design vs. the one below; which I tagged as Bonfiglietti(1929), but as per topmost/www.regiamarina.net link, falls under 1932. Notice the similarities of the bridge/island superstructure. Still, the project/designs were dropped some time around 1936.
Personal archive pic; credits to where I got the pic from (unfortunately I forgot already).
Considering the aircraft carriers I made available for Marine Nationale (French Navy): Béarn and the Joffres (x2)... and with Sparviero's stats near/similar to Béarn; I will be doing the Bonfiglietti as another fleet carrier (via 1929/1932 design).
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