Once the Italian aero industry got back underway after WW2, it mostly started designing training aircraft, some of which were quite successful. When there was a need for a light attack aircraft for NATO, several countries, including the US, became involved in the design of the new jet. As often happens in these types of situation, a number of the initial participants pulled out, leaving just Italy and Germany. The US pulled out as the Army was the interested party, and Congress told them they can't have anything that would normally be used by the USAF (like most fixed-wing aircraft).

What resulted was a very nice light attack jet, the Fiat G.91. This aircraft soldiered on for a number of years, being finally retired by the AMI in the early 1990s. The Germans, however, seem to use up aircraft a lot faster than most countries and ended up transferring a number of them to Portugal, who used them until just a few years ago.

As with most modern jets today, there was a need for a two seat conversion trainer. This is where the G.91T came into being. Unlike Germany, Italy also used the aircraft for a general fast jet trainer, one that pilots destined for tactical jets would fly after initial jet training in the MB.326.

Aeroclub's multimedia kit consists of no etched brass, but lots of metal and vacuformed bits. Basically the fuselage and cockpit tub are vacuformed with injected styrene wings and tail planes. Metal makes up the rest.

The metal is quite well done and is up to Aeroclub's usual standards. You get the four wing pylons, two seats, two control sticks, two instrument panels, two guns, main and nose landing gear and wheels and the speed brakes.

The vacuformed parts consist of the fuselage, cockpit tub, wing tanks and everything else except the wings and tailplanes. The injected plastic parts are low pressure with raised detail. The plastic itself is very glossy and slick. Detailing is fair but a bit soft, not uncommon for low pressure molds.

Decals are for two aircraft, one German and one Italian. I have used Aeroclub decals before and they are very good. This one was in register and though a bit thick, should work quite well. Though I have not mentioned the canopies, they are vacuformed and well done. There are two of them as the profile for the German and Italian aircraft are not the same. The German one is not as smooth as the Italian one.

Instructions are mostly paint scheme. The assembly instructions are verbal only with no diagrams. They are also rather general: "Assemble the tail group and fill the gaps".  Definitely not for the beginner. In fact, the verbal instructions are the same as those for the G.91R kit!

It does look like it can be made into a very nice model, and if you want a G.91T in any scale, this is your only choice. As I mentioned, not for the beginner!

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