Aeromacchi C.200 Saeta Serie I, 1/48 Special Hobby
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:15 am
Hello colleagues.
My first post on this esteemed forum is Aeromacchi C.200 Saeta Serie I, 1/48 Special Hobby. The model represents plane of ace Maresciallo GianLino 'Giri' Baschirotto.
I would not write to you about the plane and the pilot because I am sure that you all already know much more than me. For those who would like to read more about the pilot, I recommend the following [url]http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_baschirotto.htm[/url].
The model itself is already known and I would say that it belongs to the better quality shortrun for the period of its creation. But still there are a lot of problems such as poor paneling, poor fixing of the engine and hood, undefined exact position of the landing gear... Resin cockpit is good, but you can't see anything when you put a vacuum cabin (of very good transparency).
Model is OB but I only did the overlapping of the panel plating at the root of the wings and at the root of the horizontal stabilizer.
Unfortunately, I was lazy and did not enrich the engine bay, which I should have done. I was also wrong with the exact position of the landing gear, so the whole plane is sitting unnaturally high. The position of the landing gear hood is incorrect in one part.
Paints are Gunze acrylics and weathering were done with the help of oil paints, tamiya panel liners, dry pigments, wooden watercolor paints...
All criticisms and advice are more than welcome. Thank you for your attention!
My first post on this esteemed forum is Aeromacchi C.200 Saeta Serie I, 1/48 Special Hobby. The model represents plane of ace Maresciallo GianLino 'Giri' Baschirotto.
I would not write to you about the plane and the pilot because I am sure that you all already know much more than me. For those who would like to read more about the pilot, I recommend the following [url]http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_baschirotto.htm[/url].
The model itself is already known and I would say that it belongs to the better quality shortrun for the period of its creation. But still there are a lot of problems such as poor paneling, poor fixing of the engine and hood, undefined exact position of the landing gear... Resin cockpit is good, but you can't see anything when you put a vacuum cabin (of very good transparency).
Model is OB but I only did the overlapping of the panel plating at the root of the wings and at the root of the horizontal stabilizer.
Unfortunately, I was lazy and did not enrich the engine bay, which I should have done. I was also wrong with the exact position of the landing gear, so the whole plane is sitting unnaturally high. The position of the landing gear hood is incorrect in one part.
Paints are Gunze acrylics and weathering were done with the help of oil paints, tamiya panel liners, dry pigments, wooden watercolor paints...
All criticisms and advice are more than welcome. Thank you for your attention!
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