362a Squadriglia, 22°
Gruppo, Capua, Summer 1943
Scratch built, based
on Pavla kit
So far, my attempt
to produce an accurate 1/72 Re 2005…
Part 2: Painting and
Finishing
Painting
The model was primed with the Alclad II primer and painted with the enamels from
the set “Italian AF WWII” of the range Model Master 2 by Testors.
It was really
challenging to find all required markings, which would be accurate and of good
quality. Finally I ended up using 5 different decal sheets:
- Kit decals: wing
national insignia, fuselage squadron emblem and numbers, MM
number, tail white cross and the “Sagittario” logo as
well as a couple of stencil data;
- Sky Models “Caccia
Reggiane”: most stencil data;
- Sky Models MC 205:
King’s house crest;
- Sky Models FIAT CR 42:
fuselage fascia emblems;
- Tauro “Macchi Fighters”:
labels for the propeller blades.
The real a/c
represented by the model was new (it just had no chance to get heavily weathered
due to its brief combat career) and had an almost glossy surface, so only
minimal weathering was added.
Future was used for clear coating: pure before the applying of decals and then
with some Tamiya flat base added for the final coating.
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I really hope that Italeri
or MPM can concentrate themselves on some other stunning Italian subjects
such as Re 2001, 2002, CANT Z.1007bis etc., but I don’t
think, I’d be happy to see a new 1/72 Re 2005 among their future
releases….
References:
- Reggiane 2005 - Ali D'Italia
#16 - La Bancarella Aeronautica
- Reggiane Re-2005 Sagittario -
Aviolibri 4 by Maurizio di Terlizzi
- Dal Re 2002 al Re 2005 by
S.Govi
- I’ Reggiane dall’ A alla Z
by S.Govi
- Reggiane Fotoalbum by
S.Govi
- Reggiane Fighters in Action
- Squadron Signal in Action Series #177
- Reggiane Re-2001 Re-2002
Re-2005 - Aircraft Profile #244
Igor Svetlov (IS)
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