2 Eduard Etch Gun sights added to nose - and the Number
1 Group Number added to the Wheel Door
Also the Eduard etch Canopy Strut and the 2 Quick-Release Handles - added - with a better view of the Cockpit
The last "extra" I used on the kit are Moskit engine exhausts.
I bought thse last year during the lockdown ( while working non-stop in the NHS in the Operating Theatre doing Anaesthetics )
They cost me
£ 20.23 + £ 14.85 Customs Fee plus the Recorded Delivery Shipping fee by Surface ( nothing was going airmaiil )
I also admit they are actually the Moskit Exhausts made for the licence built DB601 originally made for the 1/48 D4Y Judy by Fine Molds .
So they are not strictly DB605 exhausts but look superb .
They might look wonderful, but they required modifying the fuselage sides to accept them.
I widened the engine exhaust opening, thinned the section at the front to make clearance for the pipes and kept adjusting the fit of the pipes until I had them where I wanted them.
I left the lower cowl piece unattached until after I was done painting. That way I could add the exhausts later and not have to mask them while painting the camouflage. The lower cowl fits perfectly, so I was not concerned about attaching it later after it was fully painted and finished.
I will do a review later at the start of the month - but my thoughts are that the HASEGAWA 1/48 MACCHI C.205 VELTRO by Hasegawa
( which was released back in 1994 ) has the problem that in order to cover the whole Folgore / Veltro lineage using as few different moulds as possible, Hasegawa produced a somewhat strange hybrid, which is never completely right when it comes to shape and situation of the various access panels and hatches. The Veltro's retractable tail wheel made a new fuselage mould necessary. The Kit needed 4 reshaped oval access panels for each upper wing
and also 3 cannon / shell case link ejection port plus 2 blisters each lower wing .
The weakest points of the kit are the spartan cockpit interior, the undersized and unusable exhaust stacks and the clumsy undercarriage legs, which are additionally riddled with ejector pin marks.
However - this Kit is nearly perfect in shape and dimensions and shows off some of the finest surface detail you can get with a 1/48 scale .
I was lucky that I spotted that Edaurd had produced the 1/48 C.202 Folgore BRASSIN wheel well set - which fits the C.205 with ease - it made a huge difference to the finished Model - I am very pleased and now have to try to find some 1/48 Diorama accessories like Corn Stalks and the usual green-line grass for a Airfield Base setting !!
09139, 09444, and 09708 build early Macchi C.202 with early stabilizers. 09132 and 09504 build later Macchi C.202 with late stabilizers. 09133, 09178, 09184, 9243, 09271, 09594, and 09754 have late stabilizers and revised cowl, exhausts, and wing cannon to build Macchi C.205.