Macchi C.205 Veltro 1/48

Vespa 2 · Post by **Vespa 2** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:08 am

Hi guys!!

I'm Daniele..An italian boy..
And I'm falling in love for the Veltro..

This is my Macchi C.205 in W.i.P..(kit Hasegawa with additional parts)..

It's a Jaguar's resin kit for Macchi C.202 with any modifications of specific cloche of Macchi C.205..Then:

Cloche's wires..
Cloche's knob..

In this days I added another details in the cockpit..
Coming soon anothers pics of my W.i.P..

To be continued..

GAJouette · Post by **GAJouette** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:11 am

Daniele,
Looks like you're off to a good start.It's alway great to see a young man such as yourself take an interest in our hobby.Keep up the good work,I'm looking forward to seeing your 205 finished.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette

Post by **Editor** » Thu May 22, 2008 1:45 pm

Welcome Daniele. That's an interesting interior set, I've used the True Details/Squadron set. Look forward to seeing the rest of the model!

Vespa 2 · Post by **Vespa 2** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:08 pm

Thank's Greg..And thank's Vince..

This site is very beautiful for a Regia and A.N.R. fan..

This resin kit is a Jaguar with some additions of other kits (Eduard PE, FM Details, True Details) or auto-construnction pieces..

Well..For now, I have finished the first step of the cockpit assembly..

- rudder bar
- seat control lever
- pump wheel lever
- 2nd oxygen tank

I will assemble the buckles on the rudder only after the painting for don't break the PE..

Best regards, Dan.

Stefano · Post by **Stefano** » Mon May 26, 2008 4:15 pm

Ciao Daniele,

I'm sure you're going to make a wonderful work.
Please, let me advise you that the seat belts of resin cast are wrong. Italian RA fighters hadn't side belts, but just a pair of braces from a back cushion (image from Aero Detail no. 15).

The braces were fixed before pilot's belly by a chain with a spring-clip, which was fastened to seat's edge between pilot's legs (images from MC.200 manual and from AirKit news' walkaround on CR.32)

The cushion was tied to seat just by metal rings. This system was fast to unlock, and it seems it was effective during fighting, but not so when the aircraft had an emergency landing.
RCR and Eduard made photo-etched brass sheets of these braces, but to me is much better to scratchbuild them by a lead sheet.
Awaiting to see your WIP,
Best wishes
Stefano

Vespa 2 · Post by **Vespa 2** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:02 pm

Great Stefano!!

The images that you have post are very useful!!
You're a getleman..And it's nice to be nice..

Coming soon I will post the modifications with the advices of Stefano!!