Dennis
As luck would have it, this very machine is the subject of another thread down the page a bit. I haven't re-read it in detail but it may have some of your answers.
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- Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: Color and Camouflage Schemes
- Topic: C200 Detail painting
- Replies: 1
- Views: 694
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Macchi C.202 structural question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 963
Re: Macchi C.202 structural question
Thanks again! It's a head-scratcher for sure. I can't imagine that an opening so large, was for anything other than a second cockpit. But I agree with you - I also can't imagine how that could have worked! The structural, balance, and aerodynamic issues (would it not have blanked off the rudder?) se...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Macchi C.202 structural question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 963
Re: Macchi C.202 structural question
Thanks Vince! To the best of my knowledge though, the lower drawing is the typical C.202 structure; and the usual method of attaching the separate turnover structure directly to the skinning and tops of the frames, worked well enough. Such a major change to the framing as in the upper drawing, seems...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Squadron Books
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3098
Re: Squadron Books
I loved "Aircraft in Profile!" The first REAL reference material I saw as a kid. My parents gave me some bound volumes as birthday and Christmas gifts, and I eventually rounded up the whole series. Now for some good news - the ENTIRE series (and a lot of other interesting stuff) is available as scan...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Macchi C.202 structural question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 963
Macchi C.202 structural question
A small mystery: these two photos have appeared in several books...with no comment on the obvious large diff between them. Note that the C.202's fuselage had 19 vertical frames, numbered in factory drawings from 0 (firewall) to 18 (tail cone attachment). The lower shot has the three normal upper ope...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: IMAM Ro.57 manual
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2535
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3713
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
The oft-reproduced manual drawings do show two versions of the C.202's wing, i.e. both with and without the gun bay built-in. My hunch is that the earliest a/c with "poached egg" or solid green camo, did not have the gun bay, and one can back that up with photos that do not appear to show the small ...
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3713
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
Wow, what a superb model! That's the best representation of the difficult "poached egg" camo I've ever seen.
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3713
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
Many thanks - a most interesting discussion! Also thanks to RiK for that shot of MM 7731 with wing guns! I had a vague memory of seeing it before, and unsuccessfully searched for it before making my previous post with photo of MM 7768, LOL... This brings up interesting questions about when the wing ...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: Retired In Kalifornia's Aeronautica Macchi C.201 & C.200bis Model Builds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1976
Re: Retired In Kalifornia's Aeronautica Macchi C.201 & C.200bis Model Builds
Thanks for posting, those are excellent! Never seen these prototypes as models, as far as I can recall.
It is indeed interesting to wonder how production versions of these might have fared in combat.
It is indeed interesting to wonder how production versions of these might have fared in combat.
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3713
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
Speaking of the new 1/32 scale Italeri kit, no less an expert than Maurizio Di Terlizzi has posted some excellent comments on improving it.
https://www.hyperscale.com/2023/feature ... emdt_1.htm
https://www.hyperscale.com/2023/feature ... emdt_1.htm
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3713
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
To back up what the Editor said, most of my sources state that Macchi started building-in the wing gun bays, before the weapons were actually installed. Any aircraft for which that was true, could presumably have had the guns added. And, there are many photos of C.202's with wings swapped from other...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1 32 scale Macchi 202
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7986
Re: 1 32 scale Macchi 202
Good news: kit looks VERY nice.
Bad news: MSRP in the US - $178.00. Ouch.
Bad news: MSRP in the US - $178.00. Ouch.
- Wed May 31, 2023 2:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1 32 scale Macchi 202
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7986
Re: 1 32 scale Macchi 202
- Wed May 31, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: Macchi C.202, 1/72 Hasegawa
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2442