The Ferrari of the skies - Macchi Mc.202 in 1/72 - DONE!

[Flyingbabydoc]

Dear all,

Best possibly way to get back is to start in my favourite campaign, the MMM.

I will be building an Italeri 1/72 Macchi Mc.202 with lots of Eduard PE (cockpit, landing gear, Flaps) in the colours of the Regia Aeronautica during the Battle of Italy in 1943.

This aircraft was flown from the base at Cerveteri (now Furbara AB) NNE of Rome in the defense of the Italian capital during the days before the Armistice on Sept. 8th. It belonged to the 70° Squadriglia - 23° Gruppo (La Vespa Arrabbiata - the angry Wasp) of the 3° Stormo and has a peculiar camouflage-scheme adapted from the D1B scheme, in which the Verde Oliva Scuro (green) blotches were very close together.

This is an image of the aircraft, my first pictures will follow.

Cheers

Alex

 

[errains]

Sweet Looking Ride!!

 

[moon puppy]

Hey Alex!!!! Looking forward to this.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Welcome back Alex! Was hoping you would be back soon, have missed seeing you around. The Italian aircraft have always intrigued me with their camo patterns.

 

[razordws]

Great choice!

 

[paddy]

blimey you are not easing yourself back in gently here with that camo

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Thanks guys

I love the Italian aircraft and camos. They are by far my favorite. And mind you, still everything paint-brushed.

I have finished another Mc 202, will post some pictures today.

Cheers

Alex

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

So here the first images
Italeri 1/72
PE Eduard
Decals from Skymodels

 

[Rhino]

Was the MC202 or the G-55 Italeri's first production 1/72 airplane model kit?

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Was the MC202 or the G-55 Italeri's first production 1/72 airplane model kit?

The Fiat G.55, when it was still Italaerei. 60 years+ ago, there was a commemorative edition not so long ago.

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Hello to all,

I hope you had a nice weekend. I was able to get some work done on the Macchi and hopefully I will make it to the deadline.

So here is the cockpit after a lot of PE from Eduard. I am still trying to tone down on the weathering, which makes more sense for 1/72 (actually most would be not seen I guess). Also, paint brushing and weathering are not the best combination.

I hope you like it. Thanks for looking.

Cheers

Alex

 

[moon puppy]

Mighty fine work Doc!

 

[razordws]

Looking good Doc!

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Hi all,

So quite a bit of progress. Assembly is finished, as usual the flaps were a bit of a nightmare and the whole landing gear bay had so many intricate fitting parts that it took me days to get them "right" (a.k.a. as well as I could). There is still some filling and filing to do but I hope I can get the painting started on the weekend.

Cheers and thanks for looking

Alex

 

[moon puppy]

Super work Doc!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Keep up the good work Doc! It is coming together just fine.

 

[jeaton01]

Nice!

 

[Brokeneagle]

Looking good, nearly ready for flight!
You are a patient man, 1/72 scale PE can be very trying.

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Thanks a lot all of you. Yes, I am a very patient man. Been married to the same girl for almost 20 years now... We have met in High School 36 years ago this year... that is a lot of patience

Gotta get moving if I am to finish by Friday as per the rules.

Time for painting. This is the pre-shading with some diluted Vallejo Black and then on to Nocciola Chiaro (FS 30219), also from Vallejo. Then I will begin the camouflage itself. At least so far its all smooth..

Cheers and thanks for looking.

Alex

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Hi there! (trying to sound like Obi-Wan Kenobi)

I had a lot of fun doing the blotches for the camo D1B. This is Verde Oliva Scuro (FS 34052) which is basically the same as RLM 70 Schwarzgrün of the Luftwaffe.

Now on to decals and finishing .

Cheers and thanks for looking

Alex