FPDPenguin Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Bought this from fleabay for £7.50 on a whim. To be honest, it's not the best looking kit, has quite a lot of clean up needed. Does have some nicely cast resin parts, in contrast to the rough injection molding. Took everything off the sprues to clean up. Some big feed gates that cut into the parts the spinner is almost solid on the back. Includes some photo etch too. Made a start on the cockpit. I must admit, at 1/48 some of this is a bit pointless as it won't be seen when the half's are closed up. I've also lost the rudder pedals to the carpet monster. I might buy another (not a flashback) and have a go at the smoke ring camo at a later date. 🐧 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Horrible kit to work with. I'm glad I didn't fork out the £33 asking price on some other ebay listings. The photo etch is fiddly and unnecessary, the details on the plastic need to be reinstated in places due to flash. Think this one will just be a throw it together kinda build just to get something out of it. Will try my best and update with pictures later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Ditched most the PE. Its overly complex and for very little reward. Quite peeved at myself for continuing, even when I knew it was pointless. Just plopped the seat in and the front dials. That will do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 I've battled on. I'm going to say it. It's not been a 'pleasurable' kit to work with. I've had to do a lot of clean up and since I've recently learned scribing, I've had a bash at reinstating the panel lines. Had to put pins in the wings otherwise no way to get then to sit. The lugs were long gone under flash and torn up mold. I ended up getting a little bored with it, so out some paint on it to pre shade, but sanding isn't quite finished in places yet. This will be the second flashback kit I've built. And it's not at all like the Taube, which is still sat on the shelf waiting to be rigged. That kit had almost no flash and was cast in a nicer 'feeling' plastic. I recently made a DH2 to practice rigging. So ive got to finish the Taube now 😉 ANYWAY I didnt really get on with the rest of the photo etch for the cockpit. It was just to much work for so little reward. You can barely see into the office anyway. I didn't give up entirely but I also never bothered to paint the dials. Whoops. The wing struts are wafer thin. And in places are mostly made of casting gates. I'm not sure if I'll use these yet. Maybe just use plasticard? The nose needs cleaning up and rescribing in. Going to be a challenge to get it to fit. I'm actually thinking it's not worth using the resin cast engine on this. And just making two disks for the inside. The airscoop will need some fitting too. Untill tomorrow, thanks for looking Oh the top wing is in the box, forgot to take a picture of that. That's about the only bit that seems OK. I've drilled holes in it for something to key the struts to. Bit that's for another day. 🐧 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 This is not the best of CR42 kit, it is the old Classic Airframe, nevertheless, once finished will look much better than the Italeri one. Good luck with your built! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Zigomar said: This is not the best of CR42 kit, it is the old Classic Airframe, nevertheless, once finished will look much better than the Italeri one. Good luck with your built! I quite fancy getting another so I can try the smoke ring camo. Maybe a macchi 200 instead. This has to be one of the worst kits I've made, next to the tamiya harrier frs1 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 May I cordially point out that the smoke ring is a feature of the Macchi production line, more on the 202 and 205 than the 200, thought some late serie "Saetta" received those (and the MC 202 wing as well). Only one CR42 seems to have wore that camo as it is not a Fiat trademark. best regards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 12 hours ago, Zigomar said: May I cordially point out that the smoke ring is a feature of the Macchi production line, more on the 202 and 205 than the 200 It appears I saw the smer box art and have confused the camo types. Still....could be a WIF, most of my builds, sorry, all of my builds are approximations with lashings of artistic licence 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 I'm not going to use the resin engine. So I've blanked it off. Managed to crack the filler too. So had to fill again. Still needs sanding down a little. But the nose is on. Will need a bit of re, re scribing 😶😶😶 Have to sort the wing struts out next. Going to see how well the kit parts hold up before I make new ones. 🐧 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 9 hours ago, FPDPenguin said: It appears I saw the smer box art and have confused the camo types. Still....could be a WIF, most of my builds, sorry, all of my builds are approximations with lashings of artistic licence 😂 Oh I see. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriss Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Beautiful work, I have one lined up to build too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 14 hours ago, Zigomar said: Oh I see. Have fun. Sorry to dissapoint 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 I really should have picked a better camo scheme. One with multicoloured dots on it. I'm terrible at German camo. But too late now. Got colour on, got decals on, all but one had cracked, so that wasn't the easy quick job I thought it would be. Typical. Used chalk pastels for some exhaust smoke. Hopefully it looks 'ok' You can't really see in the images. But I layered up paint on the exhausts by stippling, it gave it some nice rough texture, and there's burnt umber and yellow ochre tones in there. Got to try and get the top wing on now. That's going to be 'fun' any suggestions? 🐧 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 3 hours ago, FPDPenguin said: Got to try and get the top wing on now. That's going to be 'fun' any suggestions? Patience, ca, baking soda( acts as an accelerator) and possibly Lego for a jig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Marklo said: Patience, ca, baking soda( acts as an accelerator) and possibly Lego for a jig. That's an idea. I did the sopwith a few years back and wasn't as hard because the struts are vertical. Theae are angled. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 I might just use plastic rod or even metal. The supplied kit parts are so flimsy, I've broken two already that needed gluing back together 😕 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Managed to tease the kit parts into place so far. Will upload a pic when I've got the rest of the struts set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Will make an RFI I've had enough and calling it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 Link to the RFI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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