Italeri 1:72 Macchi C.202 "Folgore"
Discussion
mybrainhurts said:
I used to fly FROG stuff. Thought they'd gone bust, what happened?
They folded in the 1970's, although some were subsequently produced under different manufacturers, This is an original, old kit.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_(models)
Son's FROG version completed this morning. We overcoated it with Humbrol #49 Acrylic Matt spray, and it was a disaster - turned to white powder, meaning that the black bits & exhausts needed repainting (even Klear didn't work). This is the first time this has happened in about 10 models using this stuff. Even stranger that it was a partially used can, and the previous model (a very dark FW190) turned out perfectly. Luckily it's not a disaster on this model.
Back to the Italeri version after a while in the modelling doldrums (got 5 on the go at the moment).
There's a lot of photo-etch in the Eduard set, and the trickiest bits are the flaps and incredibly complex undercarriage well. I cut the offending bits of plastic out of the wing:
...and set to work bending, folding and cyano-ing the metal replacements:
If more or less falls together now, but as with a lot of major surgery for photo-etch, the plastic is wafer-thin in places now:
There are a LOT of stiffeners, wires and pipes still to fit in that wheel well.
There's a lot of photo-etch in the Eduard set, and the trickiest bits are the flaps and incredibly complex undercarriage well. I cut the offending bits of plastic out of the wing:
...and set to work bending, folding and cyano-ing the metal replacements:
If more or less falls together now, but as with a lot of major surgery for photo-etch, the plastic is wafer-thin in places now:
There are a LOT of stiffeners, wires and pipes still to fit in that wheel well.
Vitorio said:
Amazing stuff gn!
I dabbled with model planes as a kid, most of them got a fantasy/simple crude paint job, and seeing your posts (this one and the polikarpov in particular) really make me want to go back and do it right this time.
Find a model you fancy building, but before you buy it do a Google search for reviews - not an "in the box" review, but a full build. The quality of a kit makes all the difference.I dabbled with model planes as a kid, most of them got a fantasy/simple crude paint job, and seeing your posts (this one and the polikarpov in particular) really make me want to go back and do it right this time.
dr_gn said:
Find a model you fancy building, but before you buy it do a Google search for reviews - not an "in the box" review, but a full build. The quality of a kit makes all the difference.
Thanks gn! ill give it some though, im more into lego these days, but getting some starting model kit shouldnt be much more expensive then a small box of bricks..I do fancy a nice Me-262
dr_gn said:
Son's FROG version completed this morning. We overcoated it with Humbrol #49 Acrylic Matt spray, and it was a disaster - turned to white powder, meaning that the black bits & exhausts needed repainting (even Klear didn't work). This is the first time this has happened in about 10 models using this stuff. Even stranger that it was a partially used can, and the previous model (a very dark FW190) turned out perfectly. Luckily it's not a disaster on this model.
Got second place in the junior class at the Huddy show last Sunday. Well pleased.
So this one got shelved, mainly due to the photo-etch not fitting very well, and me getting demoralised with the amount of work involved in correcting it. Anyway, work on the Tiger Moth came to a halt yesterday (waiting for airbrush spares), so I re-started the Macchi tonight, with one of the flaps bent and cyano’d. Took 3 hours, and it’s not done yet:
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