Spads57 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Afternoon All, I thought this project of mine might be of some interest here at LPS.This is ID Models Macchi 202 being built for the Vac Group Build over at Britmodeller.I hope you enjoy and as always any and all commits are appreciated. The beginning of this project. The easy part is done,the cutting and sanding. The first tape up to see how things are going to look. Cockpit and cowling vents are cut out,note the large patch of epoxy putty is from removing the molded in Sand/Dust Filter. I used more epoxy putty to reinforce the areas on the fuselage that will be removed or modified. The main modification to the fuselage halves was to correct the Macchi hump. Now the really fun part begins with a little scratch building. A new radiator and housing replacements for the poor supplied parts. The cockpit parts. Continued in the next post. Chris Wimmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 hey Spads, looking very sweet, you're doing a very nice job, looking forward to seeing it finished, might inspire myself to do some scratching to the 21st century Macchi C.205 Veltro i just acquired from Erwin..... regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 " Vac Macchi Saga Continues Part 2" Scratch built oil cooler and the instrument panel. Moving on to the wings.Once I was happy with the sanding of the wing surfaces I began the scratch building for the wings internal structures. The main spare is in place forming the rear of the gear bays and engine bay. With everything in place the main wing were reinforced with additional supports.I learned many years ago that if I didn't use reinforcements I could look forward to drooping wings over time. Once the reinforcements were in place the main wing is closed. With the wings closed my attention turned to the landing Gear and thie reinforcements. The landing gear mounts installed in the gear bays. Continued in the next post. Chris Wimmer and tomv87 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 "Vac Macchi Saga Continues Part 3" I've been working this morning on the cockpit.Still lacks the weathering,but that's this afternoons work. The cockpit floor,seat,armor plate installed. And the cockpit sidewalls. That brings LSP up to speed on this project.I hope you've enjoyed this saga,and thank for looking.I post additional updates for for you when ever possible. Regards, Gregory Jouette Chris Wimmer, 109 and tomv87 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allok Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Great stuff, Gregory. Sort of like building an old Revell kit but without the shape issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Excellent work so far Greg, keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Great work Greg. I'm really going to enjoy watching this one come together! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 You work is inspiring, keep it coming. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Excellent work. Your good at the scratch building! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Looking Really Good....Your doing a great job on it as far as I am concerned...Keep it up. Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Steve,Texas,Ron,Berry,Kevin, Perry and Keith too Thanks for the kind your more than kind words.They're much appreciated. Steve sorry just couldn't resist them temptation.Yes it's a lot of work but very satisfying. Keith you're right something like building an old Revell but a whole lot more work and a few shape issues as well.You'll see the shape issues being dealt with as the build progresses. Regards, Gregory Jouette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 hey Spads, looking very sweet, you're doing a very nice job, looking forward to seeing it finished, might inspire myself to do some scratching to the 21st century Macchi C.205 Veltro i just acquired from Erwin..... regards, Jack Jack, Thanks for the kind words.Those 21C Macchi kits aren't half bad,the main faults are very much fixable.Check out my Macchi 202 prototype thread to what can be done with a little effort. One thing though the 21C Macchi 205 is actually a converted 202 up to 205 standards,but then again it wouldn't be too difficult to convert the kit to Macchi 205 Series II or III. Link http//forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=24156&hl=macchi+202+prototype Regards, Gregory Jouette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Greetings fellow LSP'ers, The Vac Macchi Saga is back from the "Shelf of Doom". I stalled on this project years ago after grossly miscutting the fuselage wing roots. Never got around to the repairs before I had my stroke in 2010 so the Macchi set on the shelf gathering dust until a few weeks ago. So an update willing coming shortly,actually Monday to be correct. Camera batteries don't seem to last forever anymore so new ones are a must. Highest Regards, Gregory Jouette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Good to see you back at this one Greg, and glad you were able to locate the thread. Looking forward to your next update! Oh, and sorry to hear about your stroke too. I hope you are well recovered at this point. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Very nice work so far Gregory! Always interesting to follow a vacukit build! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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