hello! get the squadron mc-205 walk around. you will have info than you want. i have some factory assembly drawings. if you can get it the ali d'italia is very good. there are some problems with all the macchi kits as it is a very complex airplane. study the photos.

hello again. i cannot recommend the squadron mc-205 walk around enough. a super detail production. very intimate.

hello! once you see what you need to do to correct the airfix kit you will want the aml kits. if you really are not too fussy get an old hasegawa zero kit and modify one of the engine cowls. it'll look good enough and when i was 15 one i built won the blue in it's class at ipms vancouver. i still ha...

hello! i am building the really wierd tauro mc-202. will post some pics. any one else ever got one together? it will probably be over 500 hours to finish the thing. some of the innaccuracies i will leave, like the mc-205 nose plate. somehow a fiat tail fin was grafted on and it looks like different ...

very cool. the ro57 is priceless.

hello! the factory drawings for assembly and plans for the macchi 202/205 are available. not sure that many rivets were poking out. i have started the tauro kit..... i was going to build it right out of the box but there is no way i can leave the fin and rudder in the shape they came. who knows what...

hello! if i can scan it i will send it. james. packardhead@earthlink.net

hello! try to get the ali d'italia book on this. for a kit of this quality you will need all the info you can get. these are some of the best books ever published on italian airplanes. i do not have this one yet. i do have many of them. i think they can be accessed on line.

hello! there is a walk around of the museum s-79 at aircraft resource center. google it and see. very good interior and other details not shown in the ali d'italia book. there is a shield on the gondola front window. this must have been a debris guard for take off and landing. the museum example has...

hello! there is one on ebay now. i am bidding but not seriosly. check it out.

hello! not sure if it is still needed but i do have the avions magazine with ro-37 in spain. i will be very happy to send copies. james.

heck, jest build em up with duck tape! even has a nice aluminum color!

hello! i have several of these in 1/72. well, more like 6. so if anyone is in need let me know. a fair deal. also i have the cmpr book on making it better. free copies! packardhead@earthlink.net. i'll have to go digging though so instant results might not be instant. but it is somewhere in the mount...

hello! a nice set of engines from engines and things is available (still i think) rollmodels.com will get you there. includes cowls too. these are nice! lots of other good stuff from these guys. must not have made many of these kits i never see them for sale. i am familiar with most and have all the...

hello! i have been questioning the green over green camo. is this real? i have many reference guides and some support the scheme. what does mr . caruana think? the tri color sand brown and green has been sort of forgotten until lately it seems. i once built a half ass decent fiat g-50 with a zero co...