Andrea Manfroi Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Greetings chaps, here you are the pictures of the first two famous Italian Warbirds I built almost in paralel. This first one is the nice Hasegawa kit of the Macchi C202 built almost OOB. It represents an aircraft from "363^ Squadriglia", "150° Gruppo"- The emblem on the fuselage, painted on all 150° Gruppo, was in memory of one of his officers killed in action in north Africa that was a famous pre-war gliders olympic champion. The pilot was Luigi (Gigi) Caneppele and the three birds are the emblem of glider pilots. Just add the palm three that represents the desert front and the famous "Gigi tre osei" (Gigi three birds) was born. The model has been painted with airbrush using Tamiya acrylics. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Fantastic,........I love the paintwork!! I have a sideline in building Italian aircraft models because like the sports cars, they just look so right,....but I don`t have an airbrush so have to hand paint them and my finish is nothing like this!,...In fact had been toying with posting some here but your model just proves why I should just keep them to myself, Excellent, Tony O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 fantastic build looks great,very nice paint work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 A real Italian thoroughbred. Beautiful! Each time I see the Macchi I compare its lines to the Spitfire, it's like comparing an Astin Martin to a Ferrari...at the risk of loosing my Italian union card, I prefer the AM & The Spitfire to their Italian counterparts. Always wanted to put a Spitfire in smoke ring camouflage (with RAF markings, of course) for north Africa. And, the Macchi in BoB markings to see who would notice. A bit of cross dressing - eh? What beautiful birds! Would have been better if they only met at Reno. But I digress... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Awesome and an amazing camo scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Those Macchi fighters certainly retain the looks of their Schneider cup forebears. Excellent modelling that brings out the best in the design! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Red Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Great build and a Great paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 very nice, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Fantastic work with the ol' airbrush there mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Fantastic build and paint work there Andy, Really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Ooh. Italians are so pretty. Do you have a trimotor in the collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) Ooh. Italians are so pretty. Do you have a trimotor in the collection? my idea of a classic Italian trimotor... Loren: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBzsur1a71N2TsEg2SQxilh13F_549M-KNiMomUppRgW2nvs6W Lolobrigida: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmjlfyNmjboctjxRF3uZrHma5T0ZDz8XPz1z1XAj82oZZoNX_wmw Lisi: http://i2.listal.com/image/2530159/600full-virna-lisi.jpg Edited November 25, 2013 by blueliner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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