RSI Airfix Italians Marching

A few more pictures of my RSI headquarters.

I made all the furniture and accessories removable.

That way I can rearrange it or replace it with other items.

The flag was simple paper, glued to a wire.

RSI On the March

Troops marching past headquarters off to war.

Much of their time was spent fighting Communist partisans.

Airfix 1/72nd scale Italian Infantry.

In a large group they look pretty good, I think.

A simple diorama with a simple and inexpensive building repurposed for a WWII Italian building.

RSI Building

The building does not come with any interior, not even a full floor.

I added sheets of "Tile" around the edge of the second floor to create a small space for furniture and troops.

Not intended to create a mezzanine, but rather a simulation of a second floor so troops can fire out the windows.

I added the same tile floor to the first floor and made a large office.  Decorated it with large RSI posters, one of Hitler and Mussolini together.

The other with Mussolini on a horse.

The furniture is all various resin and plastic bits.

The drapes I downloaded from an advertisement for draperies and resized them to fit the windows.

Furniture is separate pieces so it can be removed or rearranged.

The mezzanine type second floor allows me access to the first floor.

Airfix WWII Italian soldier inside for scale.

Room to move about on the second floor.

Even marching!

RSI

A sturdy building.

It has a spot for a flagpole so I printed out an RSI one.

When the Allies invaded Italy, the government fell and was reorganized in two.

One was a co-belligerent with the Allies and the other continued to fight alongside the Germans, the RSI.

The rear door is a strong metal door.

The  upstairs window is blocked almost completely.

Back door.

Fascist Italy

Lifelike made a host of American style buildings for decades.

This one was called the Woodlawn Police Station.

It's an HO scale plastic kit.

The original kit is molded in several colors, you can often find unpainted used ones.

I decided to make mine into an RSI headquarters.

I downloaded a number of posters from the Internet and printed them out in tiny sizes.

The kit has little flash and goes together well.

The fascines on the light poles and the columns at the entrance to the front door give a very Fascist look to the building.

The fascine is a symbol of Mussolini's Italy.