Italeri 1/72 Macchi MC202 Folgore

[yak face]

Hello peeps, this is the Italeri 1/72 scale Macchi 202 Folgore. This one has been in the background of a couple of other builds , but now its completed.It was a fairly uneventful build ,just needing a bit of care (and a swipe of acrylic filler) on the multi part nose section. The smoke rings were hand painted on to the sprayed base colour and took ages!!The only bits i had to make were the u/c door retraction rods and the aerial wire. heres the pics comments criticisms welcome, cheers tony:vacat:

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[papa 695]

Another stunning build from you Tony great work

[stona]

Very nice Tony. The 'smoke rings' at 1/72 must have been a laugh!

Displaying my ignorance of Itakian aircraft may I ask what colour you used for the cockpit interior?

Cheers

Steve

[yak face]

Thanks ian and steve. The interior colour is very similar to the british aircraft grey green, i just mixed up something that looked like the colour ive seen in various photos , cheers tony

[stona]

Thanks ian and steve. The interior colour is very similar to the british aircraft grey green, i just mixed up something that looked like the colour ive seen in various photos , cheers tony

Good news as I have a pot if British interior grey/green ready mixed.I've been eyeing up an Italian in my stash. I'm thinking of starting it once I've finished the Bf109K which I've taken out of the cupboard but not actually started,apart from doing some work on the decals I need to make!

Cheers

Steve

[yak face]

Dont know which aircraft your planning on doing steve but this gives quite a good idea of the colour http://109lair.hobbyvista.com/DETAILSITE/IT/c200/c200.htm cheers tony

[Guest]

That's really good Tony, even though it's in such a small scale, the detail & quality of painting is outstanding.

I'm currently seeing it from your perspective, having moved to the ' dark side ' bye tackling my He-219

Patrick

[yak face]

Thanks patrick, welcome to the dark side , the force is strong in you!! tony

[Guest]

Tony thats some crazy work with the smoke rings especially in that scale!!!Truly amazing skills ,nicely done Sir!!!5stars!!!

[yak face]

Thanks trey!

[Guest]

Wow amazing little build is tempting me to make something Italian!

[Dave W]

Nice build Tony.I made the Frog kit of this in my youth.

[Guest]

Wow! outstanding work.

Maybe I missed it but how did you do the rings? Freehand with an airbrush or with "worms"

Theuns

[yak face]

Nice build Tony.I made the Frog kit of this in my youth.

Me too dave!!

[yak face]

Wow! outstanding work.Maybe I missed it but how did you do the rings? Freehand with an airbrush or with "worms"

Theuns

Cheers theuns, i did the rings by hand with a fine brush , it took ages !! tony