Hasegawa's 1/48 scale
Macchi C.202 Folgore

by Carmel Zammit

Hasegawa's 1/48 scale Macchi C.202 Folgore is available online from Squadron.com

As a rule I would generally build Luftwaffe subjects, so this was a completely new experience that I looked forward to.

Having built several Hasegawa kits before I knew what to expect when I opened the box, and true to Hasegawa form it was a superb kit with plenty of detail.

The build was fine with a good general fit to very detailed parts. The only problem I found was dodgy dihedral, which I rectified by sanding the fuselage sides down at thew wing roots and gluing the wings into place using superglue.

For paint it I went down to Hannants at Colindale and spoke to my mate Jay who found me a perfect match for the Italian colours in the Xtracolor range.

These were X 145 for the upper tan colour and X 134 for the undersides with the ringlets being done in X 211 better known as RLM 82. To keep the ringlets from going on without any overspray I thinned the paint with about 70% thinners and sprayed with a very low pressure on the compressor.

Markings were from the Awesome Sky Decals Folgore sheet ( SKY 48015 ) that offers 36 options.

I was very pleased with the results of this and plan on doing some more non- Luftwaffe subjects in the future just to keep me interested.

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I have; but if the pictures are rubbish blame my mate Jay!
 

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Italian Aces of World War 2 Aircraft of the Aces 34 Author: Giorgio Apostolo Illustrator: Richard Caruana US Price: $19.95 UK Price: £12.99 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Publish Date:  November 25, 2000 Details: 96 pages; ISBN: 1841760781 Shop Buy it from Osprey Publishing

Text Copyright © 2004 by Carmel Zammit
Images Copyright © 2004 by Jay Laverty
Page Created 18 August, 2004
Last Updated 18 August, 2004

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