Italian WW2 Aviation - Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II Thread
Cannot already see one of these here so I am going to start a Hobby Room Thread about the Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II. I have just repainted my first and plan to repaint more of this aircraft type being into Italian WW2 Aviation ...
Developed from the Reggiane Re.2000 the Re.2001 Falco II proved to be a formidable opponent to the Allies in the Mediterranean Theatre from 1941 onwards. From this aircraft was developed the Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete in 1943 which was built both as a single-seat fighter and as a two-seat reconnaissance aircraft although only two of these were ever built during 1943. The aircraft type is available as a regular release from Ares Games for Wings of Glory WW2 / WGS. Two editions are available as Airplane Packs with a third available only with the four-set of WW2 Starter Set Miniatures.
Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II - 'Metelmicchi Edition'
My First Repaint.
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Nicknamed the 'Metelmicchi Edition' as this repaint is based on the existing 'Metellini Edition' until more is known about it. Inspired by an illustration in Bill Gunston's Fighting Aircraft of World War 2 the decals used were mostly drawn from spare sets which I had and in two cases are slightly over-size. If anybody thinks that 'Metelmicchi' sounds familiar ... Correct, it did used to be shown on ITV on Saturday afternoons throughout the 1980s and I used to be a huge fan!
The paints used were Revell acrylics - in the case of the dark green this was achieved through a mix of 60% Revell Dark Green / 40% Revell Black and this came out rather well. Following application and treatment of the decals with Decalfix one coat of Revell clear varnish - matt was applied. This was mostly to protect the decals and differs only very slightly from the original finish.
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My plan is to repaint at least three more of these aircraft: One of which will be into German markings. This will be by far the most complicated of these repaints as I face having to cut the decals to size from 1/72 Scale ... Unless anybody knows of an easier alternative where German insignia are available in 1/200 Scale. Please post details if you know of any possibilities / applicable decals available in 1/200 Scale as this would help me out enormously! Otherwise a very warm welcome to this Italian WW2 Aviation thread.
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Originally Posted by pbhawkin
for this one Peter 
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