Colin M's Italeri 1:48 Fiat CR.42 Falco

[PaulTRose]

Woah! Thats very impressive

[Neil Merryweather]

Woah! Thats very impressive

Emphatically plus one!

[yak face]

Beautiful paint job Colin! I love a good Italian scheme , ive been toying with the idea of an Italian air force GB for ages , but there always seemed to be too many GBs going on , maybe I’ll suggest it for later in the year

[colin m]

ve been toying with the idea of an Italian air force GB for ages

That sounds like a plan..

[colin m]

Struts, not exactly a fine art on this kit.
As you can see, they're are all at some amazing angle, which would be ok if they were positively located, but they're not.

Parts 12a and 14a looked like they would support the wing by themselves, even with a poor fit. So that's what I did. They were attached to the upper wing, left to dry for a while, but not fully dry, then forced to make contact with their relevant holes on the fuselage. Then gather a load of paint bottles around the wing to stop it moving, and walk away for two days.
It worked.

My plan is now to slide the remaining struts into place, which should work as they are all at an angle.

[Nicko]

Well done with those horrible looking struts!

Nick

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Coming along nicely Colin. So much work involved in these Bi Planes.

[colin m]

Coming along nicely Colin. So much work involved in these Bi Planes.

Well just a bit more, however, not as much as this little thing I did a few years ago. At least the Falco has practically no rigging.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Thats incredible work Colin.

[Nicko]

Amazing!

Nick

[colin m]

Previously I mentioned I needed to tone down the very bright paintwork. My plan was to use a grey filter, I think it worked.
Before applying the filter,


And after the filter and matt coat.

After a bit of gardening today, I might actually get this finished.

[Nicko]

That is some seriously good painting!

Nick

[flyjoe180]

Looking superb Colin, the filter has certainly had the desired effect

[Geoffers]

Very nice Colin, it looks great 👍

Much better after the filter I would say.

Geoff.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Big improvement Colin. Very nice indeed.

[yak face]

Stunning paint job colin , I hope youre going to do more Italian stuff !

[stillp]

I thought it looked just fine before the filter... but then you improved it even more!
Pete

[scottie3158]

That's a cracking paint job mate.

[colin m]

Looking superb Colin, the filter has certainly had the desired effect

Cheers Joe. I nearly went with a brown filter, but grey looks to have worked better.

Much better after the filter I would say.

My choice of grey was a bit 'iffy', but it worked.

Big improvement Colin. Very nice indeed.

It was a bit on the bright side before the filter.

Stunning paint job colin , I hope youre going to do more Italian stuff !

In more ways than one. I'm actually flying one of these in Warthunder at the moment, and it's ok.

I thought it looked just fine before the filter... but then you improved it even more!
Pete

This is the result of about 4 very thin coats. The first one or two, saw no change. But I was playing careful, with very diluted layers.

That's a cracking paint job mate.

Cheers Paul, it was a bit of a slow job.

Thank you all for stopping by. But it's done, all finished. Pictures are in the completed GB section.