single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . june 2013 italeri type private industry model kits founded 1962 founder 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 and cars . the company was founded in 1962 by giuliano malservisi and gian pietro parmeggiani to produce accurate scale model kits with attention to detail . 1 contents 1 history 2 product range 3 see also 4 references 4.1 notes 4.2 bibliography 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1962 by giuliano malservisi and gian pietro parmeggiani . since childhood they had loved airplanes and military vehicles but were not satisfied enough with the scale models on the market available at those times . they began to produce models themselves first as a hobby and later turning it into a business . 1 the first name of the company was italstamp and the first scale model kit was released when with the brand aliplast a 1 72 model of the italian fighter fiat g. 55 . the company name changed when to italaerei and ten years later it was contracted into italeri easier to use and to pronounce not only in italian language . the logo consists of an airplane silhouetted over two red and green stripes . the company located close to bologna started to produce product lines characterized by a certain uniqueness on the subjects . in particular italeri used to have a wide range of italian subjects . during its lifetime italeri has also acquired the supermodel and protar brands . product range edit italeri has a wide portfolio of scale models . it has designed famous italian aircraft used by the regia aeronautica during the second world war from the small biplane fighter fiat cr .42 to savoia marchetti sm .82 three engine bomber . italeri has also produced in 1 72 scale the savoia marchetti sm .79 nicknamed gobbo maledetto . italeri also put great attention to wwii italian army military vehicles such as ab armored cars series the small l6 recon tank and the rare produced in few numbers p 40 heavy tank . they have also produced a series of 1 35 scale motor torpedo boats of world war ii such as the american pt 596 the metre long model of the schnellboot s 100 of the german kriegsmarine and the mas of the italian regia marina . the small assault boats 1 35 series also includes the italian barchino and maiale and the german biber . italeri also produces of 1 24 scale model trucks trailers and semi trailers . in recent years italeri introduced the photographic reference manual prm for some kits in which the subject of the scale model kit is described with a high level of historical information and modelling details . the first kit to be accompanied by the prm was the u.s. navy patrol torpedo boat . 1 see also edit airfix aurora esci frog hasegawa heller matchbox monogram revell tamiya zvezda references edit notes edit a b c company profile . italeri.com . retrieved 1 june 2013 . bibliography edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . january 2014 external links edit italeri official website v t e scale modeling 1 6 scale modeling architectural models building models brass models diecast models dioramas dollhouse gundam model matchstick models miniature arts miniature wargaming model aircraft model cars model commercial vehicles model construction vehicles model figures model horses model military vehicles model robots model rockets model ships model trains room box list of scale model kit manufacturers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title italeri & oldid 691781943 categories model manufacturerstoy soldier manufacturing companies1 25 scale models1 18 scale modelshidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2013all 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