Great work and detail. I had a chuckle watching you assemble some of the pieces and frames into the cockpit before painting. I was thinking the same thing just as you said it in your voiceover: Probably don't glue those pieces in until after you've painted. Live and learn. On a side note, you should use drills for the holes on the structure framing, makes life infinitely easier, just take your time with drilling. Also, those blue bottles were indeed for pilot oxygen.
You have the patience of Jobe when it comes to building cockpits. All that P&E seems like an easy way out for the manufacturer for not making realistic plastic parts. You do a great job of explaining how to get through the build.
Thank you! Yes, in this case it really seems like Italeri wanted to take the short way out with all that PE and call it a day. Not to mention those awful tubes. I have the feeling no one did a test fitting with those.
I was really looking forward to this release from Italeri, but it looks like an ordinary model from the -80's. But you are doing a terrific work with it, love your patience, skills and funny comments! ;-)
Thank you very much! I am happy that you've enjoyed it. I feel the same way. Was very excited and hopeful that Italeri will attack this subject with the same tenacity as Airfix does now with their new lineup of Biritsh Warbirds. Giving us a quality kit, worthy for 2023 and putting the Macchi C.202 up on the map next to the Spitfires and Messerschmitts where it truly belongs. I am not even sad for the money I've spent, I am sad that the Macchi C.202 Folgore deserves better.
At least you're admitting the kit beat you in a few places so it's not always Italeri's fault. We all know what to expect from them and it's not going to be a Tamiya kit... unless Tamiya puts this kit in one of their boxes 😉
With every model built, one gets better by experience. Or at least I hope I do. :-) I knew that Italeri will drop the ball on it here and there. Wasn't expecting so much ball dropping in 2023 though. I don't think Tamiya will put this in their boxes, that's for sure. Would be very surprised if they would.
Watched all the way, never a boring moment. It's coming along great despite your woes, looking forward for the final assy and painting, hopefully you won't decide to smash the kit to the garbage bin cheers😂
Thanks for watching it all the way through and not falling asleep. 🤣 It's good to hear that the video is captivating enough to keep people watching. Don't worry, I love the Macchi C.202 too much to throw it in the bin.
Great video. Well presented with a touch of humour and not at all boring like some can be. I was so looking forward to this kit and was prepared to pay the OTT price had the quality been worthy of the outlay. Unfortunately, as you say, it's really not worth the asking price. It's a real shame as the subject in 1/32 scale should have made it a winner. Loving what your doing with the kit though. It should look great when finished. Thanks for posting.
Thank you very much! I am happy to hear that you liked my videos. Yeah, this is a kit where you want to wait for a price drop and some after market extras. Although that is not going to save it from the lackluster surface and the bad engineering decisions. I cross my fingers and hope that after everyone had their fill with the new Spitfires and Hurricanes, eventually someone will have a look at Italian planes and make something nice.
@@andyrowe6764 yes, Japan needs more representation then the usual, Zero, Tony and Raiden. But what Italy really needs is a complete representation on all scales. Let's give credit to Special Hobby and ICM though, they are covering a lot of topics mainstream manufacturers aren't even considering as something profitable.
Since you asked about holding manufactures to higher standards I'd say this. If you're going to build esoteric subjects you're going to have to settle for the manufacturers that will dare tackle them. Tamiya is never going to make a Macchi c.202 in 1/32 scale or a thousand other cool subjects for that matter. Because Tamiya plays it safe, I never build their kits.
I agree because this is why we have a million iterations of Spitfires, Bf-109s, Tigers and so on. It's quite daunting. Disagree because for counter argument there is Airfix. They spent a lot of time and energy recently to cover a lot of British vehicles (even the lesser ones) and they are doing a great job. It's not high end, but the quality is so much better than it was before and the prices do reflect that as well. Their 1/24 Spitfire costs less than this and it wipes the floor with it. My main problem is that we have here Italeri, one of the big players, partners with Tamiya, has a good range from WW2 vehicles to cars, trucks and whatnot... And then comes and fails to make a decent version of one of the most iconic Italian WW2 fighter ever made and charges as much as a Zoukei-Mura kit costs. If this would be 40-50 euros I would say it's still not what I would have expected due to their heritage, but at least the price is fair. But even then we can still point towards Arma Hobby and how much better quality they are and the detail is staggering. And there is Border Model as well. Yes, the kits have problems, but the detail is crisp. Here... Italeri couldn't even be bothered to add more rivet detail. So it's not just about how esoteric the subject is, it's also about how much better manufacturing is these days and how much finer detail they can produce, even smaller businesses. They had a fantastic thing here and they fumbled it.
@@rogueplastic I totally agree that the Macchi is overpriced. I haven't bought one yet, because of the price. While Italeri does make some strange decisions, I enjoy building their kits because of the subjects and the challenge. I will say that they are improving though, I built the TF-104 and Mirage III (both in 1/32) and they are both good kits. I also agree that Airfix is now a top manufacturer, their quality is fantastic and their choice of subjects is also fantastic.
Because I use water based acrylics, I had frequent problems with paints peeling when doing masking. To minimize oil, grease and fat getting on to the surface, I wear gloves. Sure, it makes building harder a bit, but still better than extra work with painting.
Comprendo e avevo immaginato, mi hai già risposto. Invece pensavo non è che tutta questa massa nera dei guanti possa disturbare la messa a fuoco? My 2 cent
@@fiorenzomami7201 I don't think it messes with the focus itself as that is either point or area and it's more about me being clumsy not holding the item in place. But it definitely has some effect on the brightness. The black gloves make the camera brighten the image and the grey plastic looks too bright. I need to change probably the mat underneath to balance it out and have a dark background. This black glove with light grey background just doesn't mix well.
Fun fact: The American "Aluminum" is actually closer to what its original discoverer named it. At first, he wanted Allium( A' Laeum) but the British Ministry of Chemistry thought it should be renamed to be closer to the other elements, so he came back with Aluminum (Ah-loom in um) and shortly after his paper discussing its discovery was published in the US, the Ministry went back and changed its spelling and pronunciation when the rest of Britain was going through their "Latinfication" of spellings
![Macchi C.202 Folgore footage - Regia Aeronautica in ww2 [Colorized & Enhanced]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dNORhRJD5fI/mqdefault.jpg)
Great work and detail. I had a chuckle watching you assemble some of the pieces and frames into the cockpit before painting. I was thinking the same thing just as you said it in your voiceover: Probably don't glue those pieces in until after you've painted. Live and learn. On a side note, you should use drills for the holes on the structure framing, makes life infinitely easier, just take your time with drilling. Also, those blue bottles were indeed for pilot oxygen.
You have the patience of Jobe when it comes to building cockpits. All that P&E seems like an easy way out for the manufacturer for not making realistic plastic parts. You do a great job of explaining how to get through the build.
Thank you!
Yes, in this case it really seems like Italeri wanted to take the short way out with all that PE and call it a day. Not to mention those awful tubes. I have the feeling no one did a test fitting with those.
Excellent work! Thanks for your attention to detail
Thank you very much!
Love the honest narrative of your build and the quality of the video footage, excellent work.
Thank you! I really appreciate your feedback.
I was really looking forward to this release from Italeri, but it looks like an ordinary model from the -80's. But you are doing a terrific work with it, love your patience, skills and funny comments! ;-)
Thank you very much! I am happy that you've enjoyed it.
I feel the same way. Was very excited and hopeful that Italeri will attack this subject with the same tenacity as Airfix does now with their new lineup of Biritsh Warbirds. Giving us a quality kit, worthy for 2023 and putting the Macchi C.202 up on the map next to the Spitfires and Messerschmitts where it truly belongs.
I am not even sad for the money I've spent, I am sad that the Macchi C.202 Folgore deserves better.
Great work - pity it’s so expensive and not all it should have been.
At least you're admitting the kit beat you in a few places so it's not always Italeri's fault. We all know what to expect from them and it's not going to be a Tamiya kit... unless Tamiya puts this kit in one of their boxes 😉
With every model built, one gets better by experience. Or at least I hope I do. :-)
I knew that Italeri will drop the ball on it here and there. Wasn't expecting so much ball dropping in 2023 though.
I don't think Tamiya will put this in their boxes, that's for sure. Would be very surprised if they would.
Watched all the way, never a boring moment.
It's coming along great despite your woes, looking forward for the final assy and painting, hopefully you won't decide to smash the kit to the garbage bin cheers😂
Thanks for watching it all the way through and not falling asleep. 🤣
It's good to hear that the video is captivating enough to keep people watching.
Don't worry, I love the Macchi C.202 too much to throw it in the bin.
Watch it all the way. I am also building one too.
@peterlong1356 So many dedicated fans. 😂
And how is your experience so far with the kit?
Looks great really good job 👍
Thank you very much!
Great video. Well presented with a touch of humour and not at all boring like some can be. I was so looking forward to this kit and was prepared to pay the OTT price had the quality been worthy of the outlay. Unfortunately, as you say, it's really not worth the asking price. It's a real shame as the subject in 1/32 scale should have made it a winner.
Loving what your doing with the kit though. It should look great when finished. Thanks for posting.
Thank you very much! I am happy to hear that you liked my videos.
Yeah, this is a kit where you want to wait for a price drop and some after market extras. Although that is not going to save it from the lackluster surface and the bad engineering decisions. I cross my fingers and hope that after everyone had their fill with the new Spitfires and Hurricanes, eventually someone will have a look at Italian planes and make something nice.
I agree. We modellers need quality 1/32 Italian and dare I say Japanese subjects.
@@andyrowe6764 yes, Japan needs more representation then the usual, Zero, Tony and Raiden. But what Italy really needs is a complete representation on all scales.
Let's give credit to Special Hobby and ICM though, they are covering a lot of topics mainstream manufacturers aren't even considering as something profitable.
Lightning?😳
Jman
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Since you asked about holding manufactures to higher standards I'd say this. If you're going to build esoteric subjects you're going to have to settle for the manufacturers that will dare tackle them. Tamiya is never going to make a Macchi c.202 in 1/32 scale or a thousand other cool subjects for that matter. Because Tamiya plays it safe, I never build their kits.
I agree because this is why we have a million iterations of Spitfires, Bf-109s, Tigers and so on. It's quite daunting.
Disagree because for counter argument there is Airfix. They spent a lot of time and energy recently to cover a lot of British vehicles (even the lesser ones) and they are doing a great job. It's not high end, but the quality is so much better than it was before and the prices do reflect that as well. Their 1/24 Spitfire costs less than this and it wipes the floor with it.
My main problem is that we have here Italeri, one of the big players, partners with Tamiya, has a good range from WW2 vehicles to cars, trucks and whatnot... And then comes and fails to make a decent version of one of the most iconic Italian WW2 fighter ever made and charges as much as a Zoukei-Mura kit costs.
If this would be 40-50 euros I would say it's still not what I would have expected due to their heritage, but at least the price is fair.
But even then we can still point towards Arma Hobby and how much better quality they are and the detail is staggering. And there is Border Model as well. Yes, the kits have problems, but the detail is crisp.
Here... Italeri couldn't even be bothered to add more rivet detail.
So it's not just about how esoteric the subject is, it's also about how much better manufacturing is these days and how much finer detail they can produce, even smaller businesses.
They had a fantastic thing here and they fumbled it.
@@rogueplastic I totally agree that the Macchi is overpriced. I haven't bought one yet, because of the price. While Italeri does make some strange decisions, I enjoy building their kits because of the subjects and the challenge. I will say that they are improving though, I built the TF-104 and Mirage III (both in 1/32) and they are both good kits. I also agree that Airfix is now a top manufacturer, their quality is fantastic and their choice of subjects is also fantastic.
Togli guanti quando lavori, mi sembra eccessivo e non utile. Nella fase di verniciatura indispensabile!😊
Because I use water based acrylics, I had frequent problems with paints peeling when doing masking.
To minimize oil, grease and fat getting on to the surface, I wear gloves.
Sure, it makes building harder a bit, but still better than extra work with painting.
Comprendo e avevo immaginato, mi hai già risposto. Invece pensavo non è che tutta questa massa nera dei guanti possa disturbare la messa a fuoco? My 2 cent
@@fiorenzomami7201 I don't think it messes with the focus itself as that is either point or area and it's more about me being clumsy not holding the item in place.
But it definitely has some effect on the brightness. The black gloves make the camera brighten the image and the grey plastic looks too bright.
I need to change probably the mat underneath to balance it out and have a dark background.
This black glove with light grey background just doesn't mix well.
Fun fact: The American "Aluminum" is actually closer to what its original discoverer named it. At first, he wanted Allium( A' Laeum) but the British Ministry of Chemistry thought it should be renamed to be closer to the other elements, so he came back with Aluminum (Ah-loom in um) and shortly after his paper discussing its discovery was published in the US, the Ministry went back and changed its spelling and pronunciation when the rest of Britain was going through their "Latinfication" of spellings
Thank you for the fun fact. I do like Aluminum better than the Latinified version.
@@rogueplastic it does roll of the tongue a bit easier.