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Macchi-ized Fancherized Twister Build
big ron:
Very nice work Jake
Jake Moon:
Thanks for the kind comments. A big update - we have paint! I went for the standard sand with green squiggles that the Italians employed on most C.202s and C.205s. I used some Nippon Paint rattlecans from a hardware store as that is all I can manage with my setup at the moment. The green is just acrylic art paint applied with a brush. In the future I'll certainly need to figure out some sort of airbrush system as this isn't great paint and is quite heavy. Since the color covers well, I did not prime the airframe. Even still, all the color added 3.5 ounces. Ouch!
The airframe is now 23 ounces. My new target number for the completed plane is 44 ounces. I recently bought a Brodak .40 that I'll use instead of the K&B .28 I had planned to used, so that should give me a whole lot more power for minimal weight gain.
My next step will be to design some vinyl applications for the roundels and squadron markings. We live near an art school so there are about a dozen print shops who can cut vinyl within a 10-minute walk.
Thanks for looking,
Jake
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