1/72 Sm 82 Marsupiale; 205 Sq, 12 Stormo B.T.; Gadurra, Rhodes, 1940 MTO Group Build

[Crimea_River]

....scratching violin sounds....

 

[B-17engineer]

**Thinks a picture was posted and becomes frantic because he cannot see it*

Ahhhh!

*smash screen with hammer*

 

[kgambit]

<tapping watch to make sure it's working>

Your watch is working just fine .....

Okay here are the in-progress pics:
#1 is the main wing flap with the plasti-card extender shown,
#2 is a closeup with the flap in place (just dry fitted) showing how the gap is now closed,
#3 and 4 are side views - the landing gear is simply taped into place while I made sure I got the dihedral right. Rudder and rear aeilerons will be added later. The camo on the side got messed up in a couple of places - nothing that can't be fixed later.

Oh and yes, the canopy has been masked off but I also masked off the interior of the canopy and airbrushed it to mask the plane interior. Hence the green tint to the canopy.

And the dark line running down the very front on the plane is NOT a seam line. It's a pencil mark I added to make sure the dihedral is okay.

 

[kgambit]

And one more pic:

This is the starboard wing underside with the Flat Aluminum Finish applied. I used Tamiya Flat Aluminum (XF-16) thinned 50% with Tamiya Thinner.

 

[Wurger]

 

[kgambit]

Thanks Wojtek.

That's the first NMF finish I've ever done and I'm pleased with the way it came out.

 

[Wurger]

Looking really great.

 

[vikingBerserker]

BEAUTIFUL!

 

[B-17engineer]

Yea, real nice

 

[Crimea_River]

Beautiful Dwight! That's gonna look so cool when it's done. I love the upper camo.

 

[109ROAMING]

Nice work!

 

[Airframes]

Looking good mate - and rather large!

 

[kgambit]

Looking good mate - and rather large!

Yeah she's a big b$tch - ain't she. Wingspan is just around 16 inches and that's at 1/72 scale!

I was doing some more reading on the plane and she got her nickname, "Marsupiale", because of her cargo carrying capacity. On more than one occassion the SM 82 was used to ferry a complete CR 42 to Africa.

Now THAT's big.

 

[Heinz]

Looking great man!

 

[Airframes]

Wow! That is big for 1/72nd scale!

 

[lesofprimus]

Lookin real good so far Dwight....

 

[javlin]

I like it Dwight can't wait to see that camo all the way though.Cheers Kevin

 

[DBII]

Nice work, I'm looking forward to the completed bird.

DBII

 

[kgambit]

Camo is in progress guys.

It's going to take several passes to get it right but it's underway.

 

[javlin]

Kool Kevin