Zigomar Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Good day! At the beginning of the Malta struggle, the Regia Aeronautica bore the main weight of the offensive, fighting hard against Gladiators then Hurricanes of the RAF. Italy's then best fighter was the Macchi 200 and the 90° and 91° Squadriglie from the 10° Gruppo of the 4th Stormo were heavily involved. Italeri MC 200 is looking OK but has so many errors that the model requires a lot of work to look like the original: - suppression of all the oversized rivets -replacing the interior with the Palva set -suppressed the separation of the wheels bay to built one more conform - complete and dress the engine arms and wheels bay with cables hoses etc., what the kit provides is pure fantasy - update the Fiat engine with oil lines and the propeller with the prop pitch - equip the landing legs with the break lines. - scratch build two pitot tubes using copper tubes and steel wire -scratch build navigation lights. -built the cockpit sides with plastic card and clear one for the side windows The paint job duplicates the Breda's factory one, base is Verde Mimetico 2, then blotches of Bruno Mimetico, then more dense blotches of Giallo Mimetico 4, underside is Grigio Mimetico. The plane is from the 90° squadriglia based in Gela, Sicily in November 41, right after the yellow nose band was suppressed. Best regards to you all. AD1EDA5B-B9E2-424B-9883-3502F0CD1D71_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 8979A24B-2E10-4514-8E61-DDCB9FFE601D_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 05421067-A27F-4CB7-B4F8-629112DEB193_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr B922CA09-1F61-4AD3-BAFB-22EFBDA033DE_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 257392FE-289D-42F5-93B9-20E456F31ABB_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 61C270E0-A047-435E-A30A-621DC2C98D77_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 1661106C-095C-4AC9-A81F-0B4EF57BB855_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgb40 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Very nice Jean. George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Looks great with all this additional detail! Your nice Italian series makes me think that I would go for WWII Italian and Soviet planes if I ever expanded my area of interest, but I can't afford it in view of my considerable stash... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Excellent. Great details and paint job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Extraordinaire Jean et dire que Tu est le maitre de la peinture ne suffit pas.Simplement superbe! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 Un grand merci à toi! Kenavo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRK Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 All your extra work has paid off beautifully! Looks great, definitely intimidated by trying an Italian aircraft due to the paintscheme- no way my airbrushing skills are up to this yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, GRK said: All your extra work has paid off beautifully! Looks great, definitely intimidated by trying an Italian aircraft due to the paintscheme- no way my airbrushing skills are up to this yet Give a try! That's a lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Impressive work, the camouflage is outstanding ! Regards Providence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdriaN (MLT) Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 being maltese myself this post was of great interest. excellent job on the camo and weathering! and the weathered tyres! i saw this plane at the aviation museum in rome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Very nice indeed - great work on the camo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Lovely splash of colour - I know my collection needs something like this - great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giampiero Piva Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Magnifique, Jean. La coloration est belle et la 'weathering' n’est pas excessive, comme je l’aime. Un excellent modèle! Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernandocouto Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I built a earlier Serie several years ago. The decal was excellent, but I don't understand why Italeri had huge rivets on the moulds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 Great comments folks so once again many thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Very cool! Good detailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 Thanks mate! Appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Robin Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 You've done it again! That's just superb! Regards Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 My pleasure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autle Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Utterly brilliant again Jean I don't know how you manageto build them so quickly, the mottled camouflage looks superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Very nicely done.... DaveH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 36 minutes ago, Autle said: Utterly brilliant again Jean I don't know how you manageto build them so quickly, the mottled camouflage looks superb. No secret! I have a certain number under my belt so once you know the tricks.... Thanks for the kind comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Wow That is a seriosly good work of art! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Once again a big thank you to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Jean……………I salute you!!!!!! Absolutely beautiful. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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