BradG Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I bought this kit quite a long time ago, I think it was one of the first LSP's I bought. I did so because it was 69 bucks, at the time I thought it was a bargain for a large scale Macchi 202. The I tried building it and found out why there weren't many builds of this kit around. What I remember from doing the interior is it required sanding down the inside of the fuselage a lot to make the resin fit. I got finished doing this, turned towards the wheel wells and that's where I stopped. Years past with this kit sitting in the shelf of doom. The pile of dust on it was quite impressive. It almost hit he bin a few times, the only reason it didn't was because I'd hate to have wasted 69 bucks. I picked it up last month and decided come hell or high water I would finish it. The wheel wells that proved difficult to fit were thrown in the bin, I then progressively glued together the bottom wing to fuselage, then gear doors were put into place followed by the upper wing sections. Those did not fit well and all of the wing to fuselage joint area has been sanded and shaved heavily then rescribed to get a decent fit. The resin oil cooler was too small to fit the hole in the resin lower cowling, itself being slightly under size. Some sanding of the plastic helped with fit here. Radiator was fine and the tail was average but some basic filling and sanding here fixed that. I did get stuck for a while with the canopy, windscreen and spinner. The spinner is too small for the back plate, this was just sanded to fit, which makes it slightly under size, but oh well. I had to take a lot of plastic off the fuselage to get the windscreen and canopy anywhere close to fitting. I decided for the colours, I liked the profile of one of the around 20 Croatian machines used on the Russian Front. The pictures of these machines are not the best, so I just guessed at what the markings might be, figuring German insignia was most likely with the Croat shield in place of the swastika to make things a little different (but this kind of thing was done with at least 1 POA machine). Markings came form the spares box along with the pilot. nmayhew, Hartmann352, aircare84 and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 PCM kits are no shake-and-bake-kits. Your Macchi looks terrific - I like the camo a lot. THIS must be another time consuming job! Congratulations! Reimund BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Looks great! The camouflage is very nicely done. Thanks for posting a plane I don't see very often. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Good thing you didn't bin it, it turned out simply fantastic I admire you for the paintwork, how did you achieve such a perfect mottling? Lothar BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Great job, I built their G55 and it was challenging, but worth it in the end. Cheers Dennis BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Lothar said: Good thing you didn't bin it, it turned out simply fantastic I admire you for the paintwork, how did you achieve such a perfect mottling? Lothar No special way, all freehand with the tan nozzle on an Aztek airbrush. It did take me a couple of hours though. 13 minutes ago, dennismcc said: Great job, I built their G55 and it was challenging, but worth it in the end. Cheers Dennis I've built their G55 too, it's a much better kit but still a challenge. Lothar and dennismcc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davral64 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Looks really good! Maybe the RAAF ought to think about using that camo pattern? Of course after a carton of p!ss you wouldn't be able to find the airplane. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Very nice work mate! Cheers Alan BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Magnifico! It's great to see one of these built up. Rich BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 That's alotta dots !! Turned out just fine Brad BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Great finish! Really like the mottle. Thanks for posting. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben L. Hernandez Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Great save, interesting camo. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Wow, great camo work. BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Oooh - missed this one - beautlfully painted Brad! Iain BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Wonderful build, and the finish is absolutely stunning! Congratulations! Cheers, Rockie BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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