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Hi everyone! Here's my latest project



Italeri kit has many plus sides:
- nicely printed decals
- very useful reference booklet
- large number of options

Although it's the best CR.42 kit in 72nd, there are a few minor complaints
- Decal instrument panel and seatbelts (I hate this the most in modelling)
- Propeler is faced the wrong way (just move the axis on the oposite side)
- Rib and panel lines on the wings too heavy
- Thick trailing edge (although not as serious as in short-run kits)

The ribs were fixed with a few light passes with a '1000' sanding paper


The framework looked nice, but when painted, I decided it woud be better to see through it, so I sanded it from the back until only the framework was left. Then some structure was added to the fuselage sides...


I added instrument bezels made out of fine wire. I just wrapped it around a toothpick or something else depending its radius and voila - many perfect circles!


Seatbelts were "borrowed" from AML' G.50 (i'll find a replacement later for it)


The engine was also modified. Actuator rods were removed and new were made along with some pipelines...


Regards,
Aleksandar

I'm righ-click-saving this build for future reference. Very good find about the wrong propeller, I have to check my kit as I didn't realize that at first glance. Excellent idea to hollow the side framing, too. I'm just a little dubious about the shade of green you used, I would have used a grey instead. But that's not to be intended as a criticism on an excellent work!

Hello Aleksandar,
Your model is looking great so far!
I really like the cockpit interior and seat belts.
Vincent.

Good job, Aleksandar, especially with the cockpit frame and those instrument bezels.

Kind regards,

Adam

Thanks, glad you like it.

As far as the green interior is concerned, I am aware that it was probably gray, but I'm building the machine as preserved at Vigna di Valle museum (162a squadriglia), and i like how the cockpit looks with portions of it painted in green. A little detour from reality, but no one will know

Aleksandar,
Beautiful work my friend.Love the details,keep us posted to your progress.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette

Great job on this scale. Instrument panel and cokpit frame nice done! Look forward to your updates.

Fantastic work especially on the IP. The bezels look great, ill nick that idea for future reference,
...Guy

Well, I have finally passed all my exams, so let's get to the fun stuff - yes, CAMOUFLAGE!

I drilled the holes in the struts for the wires. Wheels are cut in this way, so I could just slide them in at the end (I figured this would be easier than assembling them inside the "trousers" and masking them)


After priming I airbrushed the white fuselage band and painted the nose yelow. When dry, the undersides received a gloss black coat as a primer for the aluminum. Then I started masking for the upper cammo, which wraps around the leading edge and slightly onto the undersides. To achieve softer egde, I have distanced that edge of tape with some fishing line (you can see black threads through the tape)


I chose standard 1941 cammo for my Fiat. When I was done with the green blotches, I sad "man, no way am I gonna fit brown between them". But highly thinned paint and lower pressure solved the problem... The mottles should be even smaller, but this is all I could do with my current airbrush.


Regards,
Aleksandar

Nice!

Very nice work in a tough scale!

Aleksander, very nice work in this scale. I am especially impressed by what you did with the cockpit framework and the engine. Painting a mottled paint scheme in 1/72 can also be especially daunting. I use primarily a Pasche VL; what type of airbrush are you using?

Keep up the good work and be sure to post pictures of the competed project.

Chris
Shalimar, FL

Thanks for the kind comments!
@Cjohn62: I used Revell's MasterclassPro with a medium nozzle (I haven't managed to find the fine one yet). The paint was diluted in about 60:40 ratio and pressure set to lowest.

Anyway, the final touches:

Added cowling strap cables made of wire, those panels were deepened quite a bit...


Rudder and aileron cables added, navigation lights scratchbuilt made with a drop of white wood glue (it dries clearly), wing colored lights made using the same method, except I mixed some acrylic paint with the glue...


Scratchbuilt gunsight...


And now for some other bits...
Cheers

Finally finished



And a couple pics with my Amodel 1/72 Hawker Fury finished in Royal Yugoslav Airforce colors (who knows - maybe they met in the air, since they were used in the same theater of war)



Cheers

That worked out great!
Very nice detail