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- Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:01 pm
- Forum: From da Vinci to WWI; Commercial Aviation 1918 - Present
- Topic: VIDEO: A Fiat AS.6 roars to life!
- Replies: 6
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VIDEO: A Fiat AS.6 roars to life!
Below a new video of the Fiat AS.6 restored to working condition. This is the powerplant that powered the MC.72 that set a speed record for piston-powered seaplanes that still stands today. This engine developed a maximum of 2,800 horsepower. On 23 October 1934 Francesco Agello piloted the M.C. 72 a...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aeronautica Macchi C.205 Bifusoliera Art Rendering
- Replies: 12
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Re: Aeronautica Macchi C.205 Bifusoliera Art Rendering
I'll add them to a "What-if" section of the Gallery. I like the Bifusoliera and North American P-82B. The web and its earlier iterations has transformed allot even in the last 10yrs. I was thinking of re-writing this website but there's no format that allows the flexibility of what's presented on St...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aeronautica Macchi C.205 Bifusoliera Art Rendering
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2715
Re: Aeronautica Macchi C.205 Bifusoliera Art Rendering
These are well known drawings of these planes that I didn't know belonged to you but I suspected were yours after you posted here. Lets get all these into the Gallery and give credit where credit is due. Yes Coreldraw and Illustrator are very expensive!
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aeronautica Macchi C.205 Bifusoliera Art Rendering
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2715
Re: Aeronautica Macchi C.205 Bifusoliera Art Rendering
Very cool. Is this your drawing? Towards the end the RA did begin to buy into the heavy fighter concept.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3700
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
Richard, for years Beretta WWII SMGs were considered inadequate, even inferior because of their cyclic rate of fire, today they're considered the best SMGs of WWII - the Germans knew that 80yrs ago. And now they're looking at the Carcano too. A slower rate of fire is better for accuracy. SAFATs were...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Color and Camouflage Schemes
- Topic: Italeris 1/32 Macchi 202 smoke ring decals - a test
- Replies: 4
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Re: Italeris 1/32 Macchi 202 smoke ring decals - a test
Thanks for doing this. Clearly the decals are a tiny bit transparent, although the drawing of the smoke ring is accurate, I think they used some of my drawings (it wouldn't be the first time) :esmile: I agree the color matching of the smoke ring is pretty good, close to VOS2. Mr Color C310 Brown FS3...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3700
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
Most historians get caught up in the numbers game, for example when a Hurricane is compared to the C.202 they usually bring-up the 8 x 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Brownings versus the 2 x 12.7mm (0.5in caliber) SAFATs. However the eight guns on the Hurricane (and later the Spitfire) weren’t what they seemed, ...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3700
Re: Salve tutti! and of course a Macchi 202 question
Pilots didn't ask for heavier guns until US B-17/B.24s appeared - the B-24s were especially hard to shot down. It wasn't that the C.202 couldn't take down a B.24, it could, it was the heavy escorts that were the problem and it usually took two or three passes to take down a B-24, what was needed was...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: My Tangerine Dream
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7518
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: My Tangerine Dream
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7518
Re: My Tangerine Dream
... whoever said that ?
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:02 pm
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: Retired In Kalifornia's 1960s Italian Aircraft Subject Scale Model Kit Build Retrospectives
- Replies: 12
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- Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:01 pm
- Forum: Color and Camouflage Schemes
- Topic: Re 2005 width of fuselage band
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2996
Re: Re 2005 width of fuselage band
The width of the white fuselage band was 600mm or 18.5mm (1.85 cm) in 1/32 and 12.5mm (1.25cm) in 1/48.
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:49 am
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: Retired In Kalifornia's 1960s Italian Aircraft Subject Scale Model Kit Build Retrospectives
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3271
Re: Retired In Kalifornia's 1960s Italian Aircraft Subject Scale Model Kit Build Retrospectives
I'll turn your Frog/Airlines post into a product review since the kits are actively sold on ebay and I'm sure someone has googled the kits for a review.
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:30 am
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: My Tangerine Dream
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7518
Re: My Tangerine Dream
Those are great photos, especially the first one. You're dad had the Tom Cruise smile - the first photo could have been used on the front cover of a recruitment magazine. Each pilot has a story to tell, it was and is a remarkable profession, limited to a few. Thank you for sharing Richard.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: Pics
- Topic: Retired In Kalifornia's 1960s Italian Aircraft Subject Scale Model Kit Build Retrospectives
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3271
Re: Retired In Kalifornia's 1960s Italian Aircraft Subject Scale Model Kit Build Retrospectives
Richard you make a magazine out of Stormo Magazine! Great write up. I might turn some of these posts into articles, there's just too much good information/review material that people can use when purchasing the kit. These kits are fairly expensive on ebay considering their age but are now collectibl...