shadowmare Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 Engine and cockpit is ready. Added cables, some bigger/smaller containers, brown oil tank, gun belts to make ammo compartment more busy. Provided 3D decal has weak glue so I used CA on edges to prevent slipping. Part 5 was missing in instruction it should be placed under right side of instrument panel. I used different washes - brown, black, engine grease on engine. Koh I Noor crayons for small scratches. Borsos, R Palimaka, KUROK and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) Very busy interior! It adds loads of character to the build. Edited November 3, 2023 by quang shadowmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 That looks excellent, my 1/32 Mc202 is by 21st Century Toys! I wonder if Italeri would sell me some sprues to try to improve it. John shadowmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Looks very nice. Your grubby washes have brought it to life. Cheers, Michael shadowmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmare Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 23 hours ago, quang said: Very busy interior! It adds loads of character to the build. Thanks, I'm only opening one side, not want to spoil plane wonderful slihuette. 8 hours ago, Biggles87 said: That looks excellent, my 1/32 Mc202 is by 21st Century Toys! I wonder if Italeri would sell me some sprues to try to improve it. John Just buy this kit, it's not perfect, but builds fast and is undoubtedly better than Century Toys and Pacific Coast Models. 3 hours ago, Dpgsbody55 said: Looks very nice. Your grubby washes have brought it to life. Cheers, Michael Thanks, I wanted to show that it's "in use" but not too much. Uncarina and Biggles87 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmare Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 I used thinned Surfacer 1000 to fill fuselage panel lines, this will tone down them. Erased panel lines according to Maurizio article. Only one side will be opened, few touch ups needed before using primer. TankBuster, Furie, mywifehatesmodels and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Great progress! Looking forward to seeing this under paint. Cheers, Tom shadowmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Like Tom, I'm also looking forward to seeing how it looks after your mods to the fuselage panel lines. Cheers, Michael shadowmare and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Me too. I have recently discovered Tippex pens ( thanks to a tip from a fellow modeller ) which can be applied fairly precisely along unwanted ( or too deep) panel lines and then removed either completely or partly with a piece of cloth moistened with IPA. John shadowmare and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Wow awesome work! Exciting project as well! Question: Is one wing longer than the other? I think that is how Macchi dealt with torque rather than offset the vertical tail. shadowmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmare Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 KUROK, yes! This was first thing i checked after taking sprues from the box KUROK and Uncarina 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 8 hours ago, KUROK said: Question: Is one wing longer than the other? It’s so obvious a feature that I didn’t even think to check it… until I inadvertently tried to glue one aileron to the wrong wing! Biggles87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmare Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 Not so obvious quang, italeri Mc 202 in 1:72 has them in same size But somehow panel lines are delicate (elevators and rudders has correct number of ribs too) feature Italeri couldnt repeat 20 years later... mc65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmare Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 I'm suprised that my simple method (Surfacer in lines and sanding) came up perfectly, this was 20 minutes work (not counting surfacer curing for few hours ), and it fixed this issue! White Surfacer is helping with masking, you just cover white places and using much less tape than masking around. After base color (my own mix of Hataka, wanted it to be more intense) white crayon to mark the shape of "amoebas" on one wing. Now rest of camo and experiments with painted rivets. leoasman, mywifehatesmodels, patricksparks and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 shadowmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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