This looks great!  I've got one in the stash, never built an Italian fighter before!  

My brain is having a hard time negotiation the super even semigloss sheen and the wear from the foot traffic on the wing root....but it looks great regardless!

Justinryan215

This looks great!  I've got one in the stash, never built an Italian fighter before!  

 

My brain is having a hard time negotiation the super even semigloss sheen and the wear from the foot traffic on the wing root....but it looks great regardless!

 

Thanks Justin.  I hated this build and wanted to get it overwith. I prefer a slight sheen to my models as it makes dusting them easier. That said, it probably could use a few more shots of dullcoat on the wings. I'll probably do it....or I might not. 

Very nice LD, love the paint work.   

I totally understand!  Just want to be done with it!  It doesn't detract from it, it was just slaying with my brain....

(I'll be making a post later, but...) I've found that the flat coat helps to hold onto those dusty pigments better than any kind of gloss....just a couple of cents from my experience.

regardless, I love it, and hope mine comes out as good!

I think we all focus on P 51s, FW 190s, etc. when talking about impressive World War II fighters. This is one that is rarely mentioned and very underated. Yours is an impressive specimen!

I love the lines of those Italian fighters.  Fantastic job LD

You may have hated her but she's another beauty from your workshop! Love the camo, it's a pain to get right and yours is perfect!

The 202 was a darn fine fighter. The problem with Italian aircraft is they hand-built everything. This works great for expensive sports cars like a Lamborghini or Ferrari but not so well for aircraft. While the Japanese and Germans were cranking out a hundred Zeros or 109s the Italians might get 3-5 Macchis off the assembly line.

I'm with Cliff...if it fought you all the way, you obviously kicked its plastic back to the injection-molding machine. It's gorgeous...and one of those splendid Mediterranean designs we see all to seldomly.

Well done!

Gorgeous model! Seeing your beautiful finished results make it difficult to imagine that you were working with so many challenges as per your post.

Looks like perfection to me.

Interesting subject. I don't much about these either. But your camo work is superb as always. Cool scheme. Congrats. 

plasticjunkie

Very nice LD, love the paint work.   

 

Thank you bud..

Justinryan215

I totally understand!  Just want to be done with it!  It doesn't detract from it, it was just slaying with my brain....

 

(I'll be making a post later, but...) I've found that the flat coat helps to hold onto those dusty pigments better than any kind of gloss....just a couple of cents from my experience.

 

regardless, I love it, and hope mine comes out as good!

 

Thanks. I still use good old Testors dullcoat. Have yet to find anything better. 

Mopar Madness

I think we all focus on P 51s, FW 190s, etc. when talking about impressive World War II fighters. This is one that is rarely mentioned and very underated. Yours is an impressive specimen!

 

thank you!

keavdog

I love the lines of those Italian fighters.  Fantastic job LD

 

Thank you

Gamera

You may have hated her but she's another beauty from your workshop! Love the camo, it's a pain to get right and yours is perfect!

 

The 202 was a darn fine fighter. The problem with Italian aircraft is they hand-built everything. This works great for expensive sports cars like a Lamborghini or Ferrari but not so well for aircraft. While the Japanese and Germans were cranking out a hundred Zeros or 109s the Italians might get 3-5 Macchis off the assembly line.

 

Thanks! I'm not surprised these were hand built, like the rxotic cars. The Lamborghini Countach was my dream car back in the day. Thanks to Cannonball Run of course. 

gregbale

I'm with Cliff...if it fought you all the way, you obviously kicked its plastic back to the injection-molding machine. It's gorgeous...and one of those splendid Mediterranean designs we see all to seldomly.

Well done!

 

Thanks Greg

Trim Tab

Gorgeous model! Seeing your beautiful finished results make it difficult to imagine that you were working with so many challenges as per your post.

Looks like perfection to me.

 

Thanks! 

Hoss WA

Interesting subject. I don't much about these either. But your camo work is superb as always. Cool scheme. Congrats.