JOCKNEY Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 Well, I did promise to do this, so here it is As you can see it's still sealed in the bags This is the painting guide But I fancy doing this one, What can possibly go wrong ? Cheers Pat 31 6
Pin Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 Superb choice, Pat! I always liked Italian planes 1
Col. Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 Ah, good man Pat, you'll do grand I'm sure. I mean the camouflage may send you blind and insane but other than that you'll be fine 1
TonyOD Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 Ooh, that's a beauty! Definitely on board for this one. 1
Wings unlevel Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Gosh that is some beautiful box art and design. Definitely befitting a supermodel! 1
Col. Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, Wings unlevel said: Gosh that is some beautiful box art and design. Definitely befitting a supermodel! The box art is great. Evocative of the propaganda art from the 1930s and 40s. 1
Wings unlevel Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 38 minutes ago, Col. said: The box art is great. Evocative of the propaganda art from the 1930s and 40s. Definitely, you should frame it after your build Pat! 1
Tim R-T-C Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 I was trying to work out why the box was printed upside down, or thinking that maybe the plane was doing some special Italian torpedo release maneuver? Definitely watching this one with interest! 1
81-er Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 You're a far, far braver man than me going for that scheme! James 1
Richard Tucker Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 I built the green one a few months back. The decals were very hit and miss but the kit went together beautifully. 5
Mike Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Now that's a peculiar-looking bird... I like it! I bet there isn't one in 1:48, so I'm safe from stash expansion 2 3 1
desert falcon Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Cool subject and everybody got a window seat 😉 1
arfa1983 Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Looks like it's got a cockpit on the top and bottom! 1
jean Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Hi Pat, with such a model you are going to make yourself proud! To retain what little sanity may be left when you realize what you signed for with the paint scheme, put your bottle of single malt on the table (purely for diluting the paint and cleaning the brushes, of course). Wishing you a lot of luck and iron nerves. HAVE FUN!!! JR 2
psdavidson Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 Wow! All those little white lines will require either a very steady hand or a very shaky one. The whisky can be used to achieve one of them. I know which I'd prefer /P 2
JOCKNEY Posted January 17, 2022 Author Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, arfa1983 said: Looks like it's got a cockpit on the top and bottom! I do have previous when it comes to upside-down aircraft Amiot 143 Cheers Pat 6 5
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 It looks beautiful to me, Pat. But then I spent last summer in the French Fancy GB, where my tastes in aircraft may have been damaged. 5
DaveyGair Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 Will look on with interest as I have this kit in this boxing. Davey. 1
JOCKNEY Posted January 30, 2022 Author Posted January 30, 2022 Did some painting last night, I've seen some Capronis interiors finished in a brighter than normal green which I really liked, so decided to go with that. My apologies if this is incorrect for those steeped in Italian Interior colours ! Cheers Pat 9
Giorgio N Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 Well, I know you didn't ask.. but yes, is likely incorrect as the Alcione was of wooden construction and did not require any anticorrosive paint (green primers were intended for use on aluminum alloys). Italian wooden aircraft generally had grey cockpits, while other areas could be painted in grey or aluminum. 1 1
JOCKNEY Posted January 30, 2022 Author Posted January 30, 2022 Thanks Giorgio Would that include the bomb bay and undercarriage wheel well ? Also what colours should the bombs be painted in ? It's early days so I don't mind changing the interior colour, if you can recommend a humbrol or Revell replacement Cheers Pat
Giorgio N Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 Cockpit may have been in the same light blue grey that you can see on pictures of the Cant 506. One of these is at the air force museum, there are several pictures online of the interiors, may be worth doing a google search. A colour often used was a light grey similar to the later Grigio Azzurro Chiaro 1, for which Humbrol 141 was a decent match. I say was as I believe this is OOP. The floor on Italian aircraft could be in a dark grey, I wouldn't worry too much about the correct colour as it would have got pretty dirty. Wheel wells were very often painted in the undersurfaces colour, so here Grigio Mimetico. Humbrol 140 works quite well for this colour. Unfortunately I have no picture of the bomb bay, I'll dig further and let you know. Bombs colour depended on the type. For HE bombs the colour was grey.. now some look quite dark and others more of a medium grey, pictures of bombs loaded on the Alcione seem to show a dark colour. The fuse was IIRC red 1
trickyrich Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 2:08 AM, Mike said: Now that's a peculiar-looking bird... I like it! I bet there isn't one in 1:48, so I'm safe from stash expansion Well actually..... There were some done (or very similar Tri-Motor Italian aircraft) down some time back, there was even some with floats! The company was Alpha Flight, they were (??) an Italian based company of master modellers. I was trying to hunt them down for my stash, but even 10 or more years ago they were going for upwards of $200 USD (release price was that much in ~2005). I had been chasing them around then but kept getting done at the last minute on evilBay.... hadn't perfected the art of sniping yet! EDIT.... checked my old database (ok I'm weird) Alpha Base released a series of Cant. Z.1007 and some others (forgotten the type..... database failure , can't remember), but they were 1/48th and from memory very nice models.... oh and they are resin of course, nearly forgot!! You see them pop up every Blue moon for silly money now! I still lust after them cause they're resin. They even did a 1/48th Sunderland Mk.III!!!!! Opps sorry to hijack the thread Pat!!!! 1
Prenton Posted February 5, 2022 Posted February 5, 2022 WOW Pat - that is some job you have taken on. Love those Italian birds generally - i have lots in my stash, but thus far have only ventured for a couple of the more sedate (Spanish Civil War) examples of the SM 79. Your take on the camo colours will be of great educational value, I am sure. If that's OK, I have some popcorn, and will be sitting here for more installments.... Philip 1
JOCKNEY Posted February 27, 2022 Author Posted February 27, 2022 A bit of progress Interior now grey, thanks @Giorgio N, and some sub assemblies done. The crews clothing colour comes from a book I have that has a colour photo of a flight suit. Ive been struggling to make progress on this one due to co-hosting the Matchbox GB, must find time to do a time management course ! Cheers Pat 8
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