Sunday 28 February 2010

Regia Aeronautica

I thought I'd post up some photos of my Italians which are a mix of Museum Miniatures Leading Edge (Macchi Mc200, Macchi Mc202 and Fiat BR20) and Raiden Minaitures (Fiat G50).

I was a bit disappointed with these after I'd finished them, although you'll notice that I haven't added the fuselage bands, tail crosses or squadron codes yet. I didn't quite crack the camouflage patterns and the canopy glazing is a bit hit and miss too. I guess I tried to do too much in one go.

They didn't do so well in the couple of BTH games I played either, being vastly outgunned by the RAF. Two machine guns don't stand up well against the six 50 cals on a Kittyhawk, however hard you chuck the planes around the sky! That's my excuse anyway.

2 comments:

  1. Quote: "I was a bit disappointed with these..." Hold out your hand so that you may be smacked! These are excellent - and I was going to say that you had made a brilliant job of the camouflage in particular!
    Seriously, though, if these are "hit and miss" you've got nothing to worry about..... :-)
    Hope to see more, keep up the good work!

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  2. Thanks!

    I'm trying to get the 'airbrush' effect on the camo splodges and it doesn't quite seem to work. I'll have another crack with the SM81 to see if I can get it right this time.

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