This is a paintable 1:144 scale model of an Ansaldo S.V.A. 10. An S.V.A. 5 and S.V.A. 9 are also available. Since many painters choose their own mounting system, no peg is included on the plane. Pegs can be purchased separately in the Accessories section of this catalog.

The Ansalso S.V.A. 9 and Ansaldo S.V.A. 10 were two-seat variants of the basic Ansaldo S.V.A. plan, differing by the two-seat fuselage and by unequal-span wings, meant to counter propeller torque effects. Most were powered by the SPA 6A six-cylinder inline engine, but experiments were done with the Isotta-Fraschini V6 (12 aircraft after the war) and Isotta-Fraschini Semiasso (23 aircraft after the war). While the S.V.A. 9 remained unarmed, the S.V.A. 10 was provided with a flexible machine gun for the observer and 1-2× synchronized Vickers for the pilot. Pictures of the S.V.A. 9 and 10 show both a split cockpit and communal cockpit, and a photo shows the difference may have been a simple insert that could have been removed or added depending on the mission. Optional over-wing fuel tanks could be supplemented by a jettisonable under-fuselage tank for a total of eight hours endurance.

Unfortunately, the SPA-6A engine was difficult to produce, resulting in only small numbers of SVA9s and 10s being completed before the Armistice. More of them were produced post-war, serving with at least eighteen different countries.

By October 1918 the SVA10 was starting to trickle into front-line units in small numbers, including several Sezioni (flights) that eventually folded into Squadriglie 87ª, 31ª, 86ª, 57ª, 56ª, and 58ª.

For more data and gaming info on this plane, see https://linen.miraheze.org/wiki/Ansaldo_SVA_10.