Italeri 1:48 Macchi C.205
My second Veltro (Greyhound), in the service of the Aeronautica Nanzionale Repubblica and flown by Ten. Sergio Mazzerelli. 3ª Squadriglia, 1° Gruppo, Campoformido (Udine), Italy, Apr.-Aug. 1944
This is a reboxing of the Hasegawa kit with more decal options and smoke ring decals that I used on the model I posted yesterday. Odd thing is with the landing gear. With the original Hasegawa kit I had a heck of a time getting the landing gear struts in position, lots of filing. With this kit they just slotted in place. This is my first attempt at the mottle camouflage. Fairly happy with it but I'll need a lot of practice for the more finer and complicated schemes
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Craig Abrahamson said on March 17, 2018
I like the way it turned out, my friend...nice paint scheme.
George Henderson said on March 17, 2018
Thank you Craig
Chuck A. Villanueva said on March 18, 2018
By George you got this one down very well. Excellent work on the mottling. Also a rare scheme seen on an aircraft other than a BF or Fw. I know it takes practice as the very first Bf-109 I mottled I used a Q-tip over the airbrushed RLM 70/71/65 with RLM71 mottling. I wasn't confident at the time to airbrush the mottling. Looking forward to more of your work, quite outstanding. Thanks for sharing.
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Thanks Chuck
Jeff Bailey said on March 18, 2018
Great work, George! This is a paint scheme I haven't seen on these Italian Greyhounds. Well done!
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Thank you Jeff
Ferry Dierckxsens said on March 18, 2018
Fantastic work George. Great to see more of these Veltro's build. The camouflage is quite a challenge as you mention. Did you do the mottled part freehand, or use a pattern? I'm currently on my 1/72 Folgore, MC202, working on the mottled part and using a selfmade pattern.
Anyway your Veltro turned out very nice indeed. Great inspiration.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Ferry
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Many thanks. I painted it freehand using an Aztek A470 with Grey tip. The RLM75 was Gunze Sangyo (Gad I wish I could buy this in Canada again) diluted 50/50 with mineral water. The RLM74 was Vallejo Model AIr with a few drops of their flow improver. These were shot at about 10PSI. I really admire you guys doing this in 1:72
Ferry Dierckxsens said on March 19, 2018
Thanks for your additional information George.
Tom Bebout said on March 18, 2018
Nicely done George that camo pattern really caught my eye.
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Thanks Tom
John Healy said on March 18, 2018
Great work, George! That’s one of my favorite kits and schemes.
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Thank you John
Anthony Conway said on March 18, 2018
Another cracker George. Very nice.
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Greatly Appreciated Anthony
paul teixeira said on March 18, 2018
Love this model...great job. Nice subject matter, unique!
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Thanks Paul
Robert Royes said on March 18, 2018
Real nice, George!
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Thank you Robert
Tom Cleaver said on March 18, 2018
Very nice work, George.
George Henderson said on March 18, 2018
Many thanks Tom
Greg Kittinger said on March 19, 2018
Well - forget the smoke rings - I really like this scheme! I think this is where my 205 will go! Looks great.
George Henderson said on March 19, 2018
Thank you Greg
George Williams said on March 23, 2018
Wow, smoke rings, mottling, what's next? Another great looking Macchi by the way.
George Henderson said on March 23, 2018
Thanks George. I would really like to do the C.205N to go with my C.200 night-fighter but the conversion is more than I could deal with. lengthening the fuselage for starters