Macchi C.202 Folgore – Hasegawa 1/48
363a Squadriglia, 150o Gruppo Autonomo Caccia Terrestre, Bengazi, Libya, June 1942
Cockpit Area
Fuselage
Wings
Landing Gear
Paint and Decals
References
- Jaguar resin cockpit set installed
- clear lens added to gun sight
- shoulder harness attachment cable added
Fuselage
- cooling air intakes and cockpit fresh air intake opened up
- auxiliary bead gun sights made from surgical wire
- supercharger air intake shutter made from sheet styrene
- radiator outlet door thinned to a more scale appearance
- kit exhaust pipes replaced with Jaguar resin units
Wings
- plastic gun barrels replaced with hypodermic needle barrels
- fuselage/wing spar attachment panels replaced with sheet styrener
- fuel filter cooling air intake drilled out
Landing Gear
- oleo torque links drilled out
- strut oleos represented with aluminum foil
- Jaguar resin landing gear bay insert installed
- attachment mounts from the inboard landing gear covers drilled out
Paint and Decals
- airframe painted with Xtracolor X102 Tan FS10219, X109 Marine Corps Green FS14052 and X134 Medium Grey FS16307
- abysmal kit decals were used
- aircraft weathered with chalk pastels
References
- Aero Detail 15, Macchi C.200/202/205. Dai Nippon Kaiga Company Ltd., Tokyo Japan
- Ali D'Italia Aer. Macchi C.202. La Bancarella Aeronautica, Torino, Italy
- Italian Air Force Camouflage in II World War by Nino Arena. Mucchi Publishing, Modena Italy
- C.202 in Action. Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, Texas
- Regia Aeronautica Vol. 1, Pictorial History of the Italian Air Force 1940-1943. Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, Texas