MikeMaben Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 ...So I had to wait a few days waiting for some parts to arrive for my 109D. I saw my old PCM Mc200 on the SOD and thot "why not jump on that just for kicks ? " Since then the parts I was waiting for have arrived but I'm gonna finish this first. So let's pretend I just started this WIP (I think I started this back in 2008/9 ) First some pix of the kit ... This is about as far as I got when it was shelved ... Here's where I was about a week ago ... First, mottled on some WEM verde mimetico 2 ... Since enamels take so Loooong to dry, I waited overnight to finish the green ... ...then the giallo minetico 4 (yellow) splotches ... ...then the bruno mimetico (brown) splotches ... No grigio mimetico on the underside yet , I had to slap some decals on ... ... I went over the whole thing with a very fine abrasive sponge under warm tap water and leveled the sufaces the best I could and put the upper wing insignia on. I'll be applying a semi gloss overcoat (more semi than gloss) , some moderate weathering ahead. All the paints are WEM enamels except the yellow which is Humbrol yellow 154 and the cockpit interior on which I used Lifecolor years ago. I've been havin' a blast gettin' this much done in a relatively short time (I'm not used to that ). Stay tuned sports fans Greg W, Uncarina, adameliclem and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Looks great, Mike! Great to see one of these built and finished. Those Italian camouflage patterns are always challenging. Oh, and I think the sprue shots are of the C.202? Keep up the good work! Cheers, Peter scvrobeson, MikeMaben, Martinnfb and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 It is really nice to see a build of this kit. Paint work is gorgeous! Martinnfb and MikeMaben 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Fantastic, my next build theme is USN WW2 but you are swaying me back to Italian subjects, that paint scheme is just so attractive and I have the kits, paint and references to go with them. But no, I will resist so I will just haven to piggyback on your build. Cheers Dennis Martinnfb and MikeMaben 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Love it Mike! Have one somewhere in the stash - and an MC202 - both lovely modelling subjects... Iain MikeMaben and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 What? No gnashing of teeth, tearing of cloth, agonizing over FS color and the precise alignment of panel lines per the drawing? Well done Mike. Looks good from here. Martinnfb, MikeMaben and MikeC 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Oh Nice! You don't see the PCM kits done often enough. Love the efforts so far Mike. MikeC, MikeMaben and Martinnfb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Aaawsome!! Martinnfb and MikeMaben 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, mgbooyv8 said: Oh, and I think the sprue shots are of the C.202? Hey , you're supposed to 'pretend' it's an Mc200 Thanks guys, my main goal is to get this off the shelf of doom and onto the shelf of DONE !!! Edited July 26, 2021 by MikeMaben scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Lovely build, although it looks like the kit has some issues. You've done well and I especially like the cockpit too. Looking forward to see how this turns out. There's not enough Italian WW2 planes in LSP. Cheers, Mike MikeMaben and scvrobeson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Nice work on the camouflage Mike - really impressive technique there! Kind regards, Paul MikeMaben and Troy Molitor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Nice work. Brings me back to my five year 202 saga from PCM. Been hunting a 205 and a g.55, but no joy. I want to see what I can do with them now. Keep up the great work. Thor Paul in Napier, MikeMaben and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, bdthoresen said: Nice work. Brings me back to my five year 202 saga from PCM. Been hunting a 205 and a g.55, but no joy. I want to see what I can do with them now. Keep up the great work. Thor Kitlinx, the former GreatModels, has the G.55 in stock right now. https://www.kitlinx.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=PCM32007&title=Fiat-G.55-Series-1-Fighter Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Mike, it looks beautiful! Love how the camo came out! Good to see another PCM kit coming together. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) Hey men , didn't like some of the kit parts as they were done when I started this 12/13 years ago so decided to replace the push rod sleeves with tubing instead of the IM kit parts. After a test fit of the engine, the push rods sit so far back you can't really see much of them anyway. Years ago I got ahold of 3 sets of brass landing gear for the 200/202/205 series by Mauricio de Terlizzi so I started one of those. Not a snap fit replacement, you have to seperate the yokes from their resin blocks which is a pain for such delicate parts. There's a round tab on the bottom of the strut that you'd need to drill a hole for in the aforementioned delicate yokes. I just ground them off and CAed them to the yokes. At the other end of the gear strut it's jus flat. The kit parts install at an angle into the side of the end of the gearbay so you're on your own getting these mounted. Anyway, having fun finishing this up. Woulda been further along but I'm waiting for some PCM Anticorrosione green to repaing the gearbay and touch up which should be here tomorrow. Later men ... Edited March 23 by MikeMaben Cheetah11, Jeff T, mgbooyv8 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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