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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks all. Pretty happy with it.
**** DONE: GB-63 1/48 Macchi C.202 "Folgore" - Stormy Weather
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Excellent ! 
You should be Andy, very well done !
Lovely work so far Andy!
Jock Tamson
Staff Sergeant
Yup, looks great 
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks very much everyone. Started on the decals this afternoon. He Stormo decals are top notch!
fubar57
General
Good to know
Vic Balshaw
Major General
They do look well set. Bravo! 
Kalakan
Senior Airman
Lovely work my dear Crimea, really a nice job!
T Bolt
Colonel
Very well done Andy
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks gentlemen.
I'm working in very short snippets of bench time lately. The decals are now all applied and a first-pass of wash has been applied using thinned artist oils.
When I'm happy with the results of the wash, I'll apply another clear coat. The gloss turned out quite bumpy, as you can see, so I may try to level that out with a thinner coat before applying a matte coat.
Thanks for looking in.
I'm working in very short snippets of bench time lately. The decals are now all applied and a first-pass of wash has been applied using thinned artist oils.
When I'm happy with the results of the wash, I'll apply another clear coat. The gloss turned out quite bumpy, as you can see, so I may try to level that out with a thinner coat before applying a matte coat.
Thanks for looking in.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Beautiful!!
Good work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks all. Nearing the end of this build, having added a lot of the breaky bits.
First off, the main landing gear was detailed by adding holes to the torque links and adding brake lines. Once this was done, the legs were glued in place along with the huge retraction jacks. The inner ends of these have nowhere to go now that the Eduard detail set did away with the clunky receptacle for these so they are just barely attached to the rear spar.
Sorry for the bit of fuzz, which has since been removed. As it turns out, I had to move the jacks forward slightly to accommodate the inner gear door retraction mechanism, seen here unpainted with the doors in place.
Next, I masked and painted the black gun troughs:
A small disc was cut to represent the air intake bypass valve and has now been painted since this pic was taken:
The exhausts were then masked and sprayed.
More fluff to remove I see. Nonetheless, the model was then sprayed with Tamiya Semi-gloss Clear and the prop was attached along with the antenna mast and pitot tube.
There will no doubt be a few niggly things to attend to after I have final close look at things. I gave the prop the benefit of the doubt and have allowed it to spin, however, as always, the fit is too sloppy so I will end up gluing the thing in place to close the gap. A little more weathering and paint chips will also be added before I finish things off with the antenna wires.
Thanks once again for looking in.
First off, the main landing gear was detailed by adding holes to the torque links and adding brake lines. Once this was done, the legs were glued in place along with the huge retraction jacks. The inner ends of these have nowhere to go now that the Eduard detail set did away with the clunky receptacle for these so they are just barely attached to the rear spar.
Sorry for the bit of fuzz, which has since been removed. As it turns out, I had to move the jacks forward slightly to accommodate the inner gear door retraction mechanism, seen here unpainted with the doors in place.
Next, I masked and painted the black gun troughs:
A small disc was cut to represent the air intake bypass valve and has now been painted since this pic was taken:
The exhausts were then masked and sprayed.
More fluff to remove I see. Nonetheless, the model was then sprayed with Tamiya Semi-gloss Clear and the prop was attached along with the antenna mast and pitot tube.
There will no doubt be a few niggly things to attend to after I have final close look at things. I gave the prop the benefit of the doubt and have allowed it to spin, however, as always, the fit is too sloppy so I will end up gluing the thing in place to close the gap. A little more weathering and paint chips will also be added before I finish things off with the antenna wires.
Thanks once again for looking in.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
It's looking very nice Andy.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Gorgeous!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
The landing gear has way impressive fiddly bits!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
It was bad enough in a 1:32 scale, so am impressed with the 1:48.
