MB 339 A P.A.N.

Started by Anthony Ricco · 18 · 1 year ago · acrobatic, Aermacchi, display, Frecce Tricolore, Italeri, Italian, MB 339, P.A.N.
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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Another addition from me - another display bird, the Frecce Tricolore MB 339 A P.A.N. in 72nd scale from Italeri.

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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Oh no, what's that behind the eye popping blue plastic, raised panel lines. Well this Is a good time to try out some rescribing for the first time.

    Flippen hard to start off, maybe harder at this scale but once you get the hang it goes ok - not great, need much more practice.

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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Every In flight aircraft needs a pilot - here he is.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Very nice paintwork, Anthony @anthonyricco

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Amazing entry and thorough progress so far, my friend @anthonyricco!

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    Allan J Withers said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Good one Anthony, I should do mine now also, with the raised panel lines as a comparison !

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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Thanks @johnb and @fiveten - beautiful little plane

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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Ah awesome Allan @kalamazoo - will be great to have a build buddy.

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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Some primer over the scribed panels shows an ok job a bit rough and some I need to clean up but I'm pretty happy on a whole.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    They look great, my friend @anthonyricco!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Very good progress, Anthony @anthonyricco

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Nice scribing after all Anthony. It will indeed be interesting to see @kalamazoo build the same with raised lines, should he go ahead with it!

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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Haven't updated for a while - Wings are on and Canopy masked a pretty little bird, bottom sprayed flat aluminium and Tamiya X-3 blue used on top.

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    Anthony Ricco said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Decals went on nicely, I chose the number 5 as it's my wife's favourite number and as I had just finished decalling the tragic news that one of the Frecce Tricolore pilots had crashed in another light aircraft and lost his life along with a friend. He was the pilot of Pony5. So this build took on a new meaning.
    Unfortunately it is an old boxing and the name of the pilot was the pilot before him and the decal was already on, but a tribute to Captain Alessio Ghersi.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Some sad news, Anthony @anthonyricco
    May he rest in peace.
    Your excellent result will be a great tribute to this man.