**** DONE: GB-63 1/48 Macchi C.202 "Folgore" - Stormy Weather

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys.

 

[fubar57]

Went through some books Andy and there is a Grigio Azzurro Chiaro 1 and it says Fs 36307 is a close match. Colour is called Light Sea Grey but you probably already know this

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Yes Geo this is the conundrum as 36307 is a very muddy looking grey with no hint of blue. Reading some threads at Stormo confirms this but I did come across a Tamiya mix there that I will try. More on that later.

 

[Jock Tamson]

Nice work on the wingtip lights. Coming along nicely.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Paint squirting has started but a couple of small things had to be done first.

Part A2 is a small fresh air scoop for the cockpit and Hasegawa has it incorrectly positioned in the instruction sheet.

The scoop is supposed to be much higher up toward the top like so:

Also, the instruction sheet has the step (part A1) going to the wrong hole. The hole shown on the instruction sheet is the fuel drain and the correct one for the step is much smaller and lower down.

As you can see above, I masked the canopy using my own home made masks. Not as good as an aftermarket set but they'll do. Next, the fuselage band area and spinner were sprayed white.

The fuselage band was then masked and Tamiya NATO Black was shot on the canopy. If you look close, you can see the fuel drain hole and the access step glued in much lower, contrary to the instructions.

And while I had the black in the cup, I flipped the model over and shot some preshading.

Next came the infamous Griggio Azzuro Chiaro 1 underside colour for which I used a recommended Tamiya mix of 14:XF-19 Sky Grey + 1:XF-27 Black Green from a post at STORMO. The poster apparently had the paint chip and came up with that mix so I don't know how I can dispute that.

So as you can see I got a fair amount done today. Thanks for your patience and for the looks and likes. More soon hopefully.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

That looks very good Andy.

 

[rochie]

Yep, very nice

 

[Berny5664]

All very precise Andy

 

[Viking1066]

Very nice!

 

[Wurger]

Thanks guys. Paint squirting has started but a couple of small things had to be done first.

Part A2 is a small fresh air scoop for the cockpit and Hasegawa has it incorrectly positioned in the instruction sheet.

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The scoop is supposed to be much higher up toward the top like so:

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Actually the location of the scoop seems to depend on the MC.202 series. Here the shot of the third one with the scoop seen as the Hasegawa suggested.

while the IV serie had that moved more up

the serie VIII and other ones didn't have the scoop at all ..

the pic source: the net.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice stuff Andy......

 

[Jock Tamson]

Good work

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Agree Wurger but according to references mine definitely had the scoop and it's where I put it.

 

[Wurger]

Thanks guys. Agree Wurger but according to references mine definitely had the scoop and it's where I put it.

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I was sure you checked on that .

 

[Berny5664]

 

[Berny5664]

Here it is explained well... And also the detail of the black gun troughs

 

[Crimea_River]

I was wondering about those black gun troughs. Were they on all Macchi built 202's?

 

[Berny5664]

Take a look at firtlst photo in your 12 post where Tarantola is in front of the Airplane... Them seems to be black