When I was a kid Italeri was one of my favorite model companies. I built one of these when I was 12 or 13 years old. I wanted to revisit this topic so I went out and purchased another one last summer. This is what I ended up with.
I found some drawings online of the interior and used them to supplement the basic interior included in the kit. It's not totally accurate, I did it using bits from my spare parts box but it is a fair representation.
The kit represents a vehicle from the 133 "Littorio" division in North Africa.
The Semovente was one of the more successful Italian AFV's from The Second World War functioning in much the same way as the venerable German Sturmgeschütz for direct support of infantry units. The Germans even used some of them after Italy's surrender.
14 attached images. Click to enlarge.
