Fly Macchi M.5 in 1/48th scale

[Pete Wenman]

Gents hi

While I continue to plug away at the WnW W.12 I could not resist diving in with this one once I found a kit.
Having missed the boat with both the Blue Max kit and the Pheon decals I was really pleased find this version which has the markings for the US Navy planes which is exactly what I was after.

Box art


The kit contents


Close up of the resin parts


I am aware there are some issues with the hull shape of this kit, but I'm otherwise please with the quality and look of the parts. It will be interesting to see how it builds

P

[RAGIII]

I am looking forward to seeing your progress on this one.
RAGIII

[Juan]

Wonderful choice Pete.  Looking forward to your progress.

Although not the same scale, Des did this A/C in 1/32: http://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/page52.html  may help, not sure if you had seen it.

[Pete Wenman]

Cheers gents.

Juan - yes I read Des's build thread a couple of weeks, back, and almost went for the 1/32 kit, but I'll start small. Maybe next time if WnW don't turn their hands to flying boats.



Roughly getting things sorted so I can get the fuselage halves joined.

The pilot should be in a Bf-109, but he's the best I've got 

...and the eagle eyed among you will see I'm attempting to alter the shape of the bow - it remains to be seen how successful this will be.

P

[RAGIII]

Looking good so far! Terrific start!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

Another flying boat! This will be a build thread to follow - so I will!

Stephen.

[Pete Wenman]

Well the fuselage halves are joined, the pilot is in his pit, and milliput applied to the seams.



P

[Juan]

Looking good Pete and the pilot fits the part.   

[Bughunter]

Your build has put this aircraft into my field of view, so I looked around a bit and was able to find it. Just ordered, even the stash is already big enough

Thank you, I will watch your progress.

Cheers,
Frank

[Des]

Excellent work so far Pete, the pilot looks good in his position, looking forward to seeing more progress on this build.

Des.

[Pete Wenman]

Real life has let me get back to the Macchi and W.12, and it's poignant that the previous post, some time ago now, was from Des. He is sorely missed

Anyways some progress with a lot of white around at the moment



and a question for the M-5 experts. I plan on doing this aircraft as Mutt2 with the red and white stripes on the body, however I'm finding conflicting information regarding the markings.

The kit decals (Fly) show the roundels and rudder markings as red white and blue, whereas other sources suggest these are as on the Italian M-5's being red white and green. My suspicion is the latter is most likely correct.

Secondly the kit shows the underside of the wings (where not painted red and green) being white, but again I've seen suggestions this might have been CDL.

Thoughts anybody

regards

P 

[gbrivio]

Nice subject and great start.
Giuseppe

[RAGIII]

I seem to have missed abit from before. The pilot looks terrific in place. Glad to see you back on this one.
RAGIII

[GazzaS]

Love these WWI flying boats.  They have a certain gracefullness.  Pilot looks great...

and that scarf!

Gaz

[Pete Wenman]

All painted and ready for construction.





Still looking for answers: The kit decals (Fly) show the roundels and rudder markings as red white and blue, whereas other sources suggest these are as on the Italian M-5's being red white and green. My suspicion is the latter is most likely correct.

Secondly the kit shows the underside of the wings (where not painted red and green) being white, but again I've seen suggestions this might have been CDL

Thoughts ?

P