Subject: Re: Macchi
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Michel Jacqmain" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 23:53:51 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michel Jacqmain 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 1:36 AM
  Subject: Macchi

  "1/72 Hasegawa Macchi Mc 202" 

  by "Michel Jacqmain"
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  I've always wanted to build a Macchi because I think it's an elegant aircraft. But I was intimidated by the camouflage shemes of WWII italian aircrafts. And indeed painting the smoke rings was hard to do. The model was first painted olive green. Then rings were cut out in Tamiya masking tape with a verry sharp knive.  After that the rings were pasted on the aircraft. Then the aircraft was oversprayed in sandy brown. After remouving the rings the coulours of the aircraft were faded with white artist oil paint. Panel lines where treated with a mix of burned sienna, burned umber and black oil paints. To simulate the dust on the aircraft I used some chalk pastel.

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  The model was made straight from te box. 

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  The Macchi Mc. 202 folgore (lightning) was the result of italian design combined with a german engine, the Baimler Benz DB601 (later build under licence by Alfa Romeo). This mix made the Mc. 202 a serious opponent  for the P-40's, Hurricanes and even Spitfires and Mustangs.

  Arrivederci. 

   Photos and text © by "Michel Jacqmain"