Enrico Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Hi guys, my very first post here. This is my last build, a 21St Century Toys 1/32 Macchi 202 Folgore. This aircraft was the workhorse for Regia Aeronautica from 1941 till the end of the war, operated also by RSI in northern Italy after the armistice and by Italian Co-belligerant Air Force in the south. It was a sleek, sturdy and highly manoeuvrable machine, major weak points poor radio and oxygen equipments and light weapons, with only two 12,7 Breda-Safat guns firing from nose. It's a very basic kit, so I worked around some details built from scratch, such as gear legs, gear doors, wheels bay details, pilot seat and several others cockpit details, wings lights, movable rudder and tail ailerons, water cooling system details. Aftermarket parts for wheels (CMK wheels for Fiat G.50) exhaust (CMK for Bf.109E) and nose guns. Acrilyc paints from Tamiya and Gunze, some weathering with AK washings and pigments, finish coat with Vallejo matt varnish and True Earth filters. This aircraft was the personal aircraft flown by Ten. Giorgio Santamaria Niccolini, Abu Haggag, Noth Africa, June 1942, 70a Squadriglia, 23° Gruppo, 3° Stormo. This machine was built by Macchi, belonging to "Serie VII" (7th production batch) major improving from previous batch an armoured glass in front of the pilot and two 7,7mm machine guns firing from wing. These weapons were introduced to fulfill the request from Regia Aeronautica for more firing power. In fact, due to their small caliber, these guns were ineffective against enemy's aircrafts and produced the only effect to decrease overall performance, so very often ground crews removed these guns directly on field. Thunda, BiggTim, 109 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Welcome aboard, Enrico! That's a lovely build to make an entrance with. I've built that kit myself, so I can appreciate the fine work you've done here. What did you use for the brown base colour? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lud13 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Nice Macchi and welcome :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynce804 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 a beautifully built kit of an unusual subject with some very nice details, I like it very much. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Excellent. It looked much easier to build than the PCM kit that I'd doing battle with at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Welcome! Very nice model! - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Great work and photography! Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Nice job, they are nice kits if you can find one, it's a shame they are not being produced anymore.. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Thank you all guys!!! Welcome aboard, Enrico! That's a lovely build to make an entrance with. I've built that kit myself, so I can appreciate the fine work you've done here. What did you use for the brown base colour? Kev Base colour is Gunze H310. Among Regia Aeronautica fans there's some discussions about the correspondance with original colour, in my opinion it'is quite good, these aircraft were produced by Macchi itself and also by Breda and SAI-Ambrosini, with slightly differences for the paints they used. Excellent. It looked much easier to build than the PCM kit that I'd doing battle with at the moment. I agree, after this build I started a PCM Reggiane 2005 1/32, it's quite a nightmare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Very cool, always liked that plane!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richter111 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Beautiful build. I just opened mine up and discovered the entire bottom half of the wing is missing. Probably have to do a crash dio or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just love the painting on this bird. Thanks for posting., , Great idea on the fiat G.50 wheels. Thanks. Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Nicely done. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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