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Another one from my backlog, this time February 2023. This was the first Italian plane I had built and it was a fun one. I had never heard of the company Delta (or Delta 2) before, and haven't seen anything of theirs since, but I'd buy another for cheap if given the opportunity. This was painted using Revell's Aqua line of Acrylics, and I don't recall much about that process aside from that it wasn't ideal. It's a very thick paint and even thinned down the end result was a little heavy and...chalky? I'm not entirely sure how to explain it, but I've not done any model in this line before; the only reason I did so here was that I had their Sand colour already sitting around and thought it looked like a decent match to the Italian Giallo Mimetico. It ended up chipping a bit under masking tape too, but since I primed in silver, this ended up looking like some natural wear and tear, so I didn't mind too much. Still wouldn't use it again, though. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 205 was considered to be an excellent fighter, perhaps the best Italian one, able to match some of the best-known Allied planes such as the P-51D Mustang or the Supermarine Spitfire. However, it was introduced very soon before Italy's surrender to the Allies, so it didn't get a large production run due to their crumbling war economy. It used the same engine as many German-made aircraft (including the Bf-109s), the Daimler-Benz (current-day Mercedes-Benz) DB 605. In one Allied pilot's words: "One of the finest aircraft I ever flew was the Macchi MC. 205. Oh, beautiful. And here you had the perfect combination of Italian styling and German engineering. It was really a delight to fly, and up to anything on the Allied programme. But again, it came just before the Italians capitulated so it was never used extensively. And we did tests on it and were most impressed. The cockpit was smallish but not as bad as the Bf 109." This kit came with three sets of decals: one was for the Regia Aeronautica, the Italian air force under Mussolini; one for the National Republican Air Force, a short-lived German puppet state after the Italian surrender; and the last was for the Italian Co-belligerent Air Force, made up of Italian pilots who joined the Allies. I chose to go with the Regia Aeronautica set simply because they were the most unique and I wanted something different. The quality of the model was a little disjointed. There's a lot of detail in terms of rivets and panel lines, but there was also a lot of plastic to cut away, and sanding to get them to fit together properly. Overall though, worth the ~$10 or so this cost at my local Antiques Mall.

Hi Guys, Here is my second build for this GB. After a approval from Jon and V-P, can I now anounce that I will build the 1/32 21st Century models Macchi C.205 here. It will be build almost straight out of the box with exeption of some AM decals from Tauro and some etch buckels for the seatbelts. edit: I don't have the decals, but will use the ones in the box and instead of the buckels I will use the figure that was with the kit. I had already started this one a couple of years back, but it isn't past the 25% rule.It gives me the oportunity to get some of my shelf queens finished. The panel lines are a bit wide, but I will see what can be made out of it. Here are some pictures what is in the box. I forgot to take a picture of the decals. I will do that later. Cheers,