Greg, Lawdog, Thank you very much.

You did an outstanding job on this, Steve.

The aircraft looks great and it's really complimented by your great base and I'm jealous of your figure painting. You really stuck with them and they came out great.

Nice of Aleksander to notice and point out the gear doors. I missed them too and she really does look better now.

This was a good and informative WIP, thanks for posting it.

Aleksander,

There is no need to be concerned about that. I thank you for it. It was a stupid mistake and an easy fix. I would far rather have found out through someone on the forums than have a judge point it out at a contest. 

Just continue to find errors so I/we and fix them. I don't want an inaccurate build on my shelf.

She looks great! 

I didn't even notice the gear doors before. 

Thanks BK!

Excellent, Steve; simply stunning. I love it!!!  

BK

OK, this is better. Now I can call it done. Thank you for following along like I said it was an enjoyable kit and would eventually like to add the Italeri C.205 to go next to it.

M. Brindos

I didn't even notice that.  ':/

 

Right?? I didn't notice them either until Alexsander pointed them out.

I didn't mean to miss you Mopar. Thank you.

Mississippivol, Thank you too.

I didn't even notice that.  ':/

Thanks Gam and Mike,

Those reversed gear doors are really bothering me though. I'm going to have to fix them before the canopy come in.  I'll probably work on those tomorrow when I  get home after mowing the yard.

Well done!! That all came together very nicely, Steve. Im a little envious though, bases are not my strong suit lol.

Beautiful job there Steve! Love the Macchi and the figures ain't half bad either!

Excellent build!  Ive enjoyed watching this one.  I have the new Eduard/Hasegawa kit in my stash so I might have to dig in to it.

BK, Scott, Tigerman,

Thank you, I'm looking forward to the Airfix kit, then I have a Hase Kate right after that.

That's beautiful. Love the paintjob. lookig forward to that Kate one day.

Aleksander

didn't you glue the undercarriage covers backwards?

It sure looks like it . I think I can fix it easely enough though. I'll fix them when I replace the canopy. Thanks for pointing that out.

Great looking Folgore - I like the splinter camo!

But... didn't you glue the undercarriage covers backwards?

Hope you can mend it easily!

Cheers!

Boy Steve,

You really did a swell job there, and while juggling other projects and airbrush problems.  I sure do look forward to your builds.

Scott

Beautiful, Steve. Excellent finish, I love it. 

BK

Thanks Brit.

Well I'm done with it. I will replace the canopy when It comes in.
This was a nice kit, typical Hasegawa, good fit, nice detail, not overly engineered. 

The base isn't a good as I would like but that's another area I need to get better at.

Anyway here it is. The Macchi C.202 Folgore.

Steve

Just catching up to all of this Steve. It's been hard for me to carve out time for much other than family and work lately. Sorry to hear the sad news in your family. 

You're Italian bird is coming along. The markings and decals have her looking sharp! =] I do enjoy Mediterranean paint schemes. You're convincing me to knock those builds up a few notches and not wait so long. Looking forward to the finish.

Thank you Toshi and Chris.

I was adding the canopy and antenna wires last night and while attaching the cable that holds the canopy open (made from stretched sprue) the clear plastic was marred by the tiny bit of accelerator I applied (I had thought better of it but went ahead anyway). I ordered a new one from Hasegawa which will take several weeks to arrive however I can also remove it and try to polish it out. Just goes to show you have to be on your guard all the way to the last. I want to show it at an upcoming IPMS contest in the Italian category. I still have time to receive the new one and install it if it comes to that however.

I also started on the base last night and it was still drying this morning. Not much to it though just sand. I'll look around in the parts box and see if I have some items of interest to put on it IE 50gal Drum, create etc.

Beautiful work Steve.

Chris

This is looking really fantastic!

Toshi

Lol thats just like my list, but with way more in que. Lol!

Yeah, I had to. Take a look at what on my bench and in que. Too many kit too little time....and room.