Macchi M.5 in 1/144

[torbiorn]

I knew I was in for a treat when I saw the thread title. The M5 is one of favourites and the model is simply mindblowing.

Not a sliver of silvering on the decals either. I’m out of superlatives 

[Tim Mixon]

Magnificent piece of art!  This is impressive on so many levels but I’m particularly interested in your fabric effect. You have perfected a look I can barely get in my preferred 1/72 scale!   Always a pleasure seeing your work. 

All the best,
Tim

[William Adair]

Thank you everybody for such kind words! I'm glad the extra work that went into it paid off. The kit is very accurate in outline, although it does have a very grainy texture due to the limitations of the 3D-printed material. The easiest solution was to file all the external details off, smooth everything down, and then reapply the details by hand. The struts were all replaced too.



I think it was the 12x piece engine mount that nearly broke me. I did three versions before getting it correct. 

Tim, I'm glad you liked the CDL. I sprayed a lightened version of Mr.Color 45 'Sail Color' on first. Then masked off each rib tape and lightly sprayed the rest of the exposed wing with a thin mist coat of straight Sail Colour to contrast it. I think next time however I will start with a white basecoat, rather than a grey primer to try to suggest the slight illumination you get from a semi-opaque wing.

[davec]

The model came out beautifully. 

Dave

[Flamingo]

Wow, that would be a terrific model in any scalel! But in 144th it's out of this world.

The printed parts on the last photo do not look very promising, requiring a lot of cleaning up.

Remind me of the rivets 50 years ago.

Greetings joachim

[KiwiZac]

1/144? No way. No. That can't be true.

WOW!!

[NinetythirdLiberator]

Agree with Zac.  No way.  Where did you get the huge match box/stick? 

Stunning.

Dan

[kensar]

Incredible work, William. I would have never thought this was 1/144 scale.

[osterkamp]

awesome work,a true masterpiece ...difficult to find the words

[Gene K]

The kit is very accurate in outline, although it does have a very grainy texture due to the limitations of the 3D-printed material.

Limitations of the 3D-printed material? I think it's a limitation of the printer that was used. Better/more equipment wouldn't have that grainy "texture".

Great job to produce such a beautiful display.

Gene K

[Brad Cancian]

That's it, I give up, nothing left for me to do but chew on paintbrushes in the corner, rocking slowly backwards and forwards... brilliant work! 

Cheers,

BC

[Davos522]

My brushes are already gnawed down to nubs, Brad

If only it were possible to set this gem alongside Mike N's new HPH build when it's done, what a contrast that would be!

Dutch

[AngryJazz]

Wow pure magic! I would struggle to build this in 1/32