Thank you! Happy to hear that I managed to teach you some new trix 😄

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Out of focus? My hand looks great in those shots! 🤣

Mr Dissolved Putty is lacquer based, so any lacquer thinner should be okay. In this scenario I had a bit AK Real Colors thinner left over, but I also used Mr.Color Thinner as well before. Judging by smell, I think Mr.Hobby uses their own thinner to dissolve the putty, so sticking with that should be the safest option. For gluing the photo etch parts I use regular store bought super glue, in this case the Loctite brand, but I also used the Gorilla one. Any cyanoacrylate (CA) glue should do the trick.

Yeah, they really shamelessly overpriced this one. I am hoping that if anything it will encourage others as regardless how big of a shameless cash grab this is, it did sell really well and and that just shows how open the market is for anything else than the common suspects.

I use Unigloves brand and get it from Amazon. But I think any brand will do, the only thing that matters is that it has to be nitrile and powder free. Especially powder free! Well, it is sadly the usual Italeri quality. So if you are used to that, it shouldn't come as a surprise.

Thanks for the detailed info. I read similar things as well. At its debut, it was a formidable opponent, but it was outclassed soon by the newer Spitfires and the ever growing presence of American fighters. Italian engineering and manufacturing just wasn't up to the task back then. Which is a shame as the platform was great and it could've been so much better which was proven by the 205 Veltro to some extent. But regardless of how well it performed, for me the 202 is and always will be one of the most beautiful aircraft of WW2.

Too few, too late. The first line was still made up of Fiat C.R.42 "biplanes". The Italians could only have won if the Germans had won. The production of the MC202s is spoken of in the order of a thousand, while the P-51 or now I don't remember if the Spitfire is also spoken of in the order of tens of thousands... The skill of the Italian pilots was not in question, however.

@@massmara5579 I think the MC.202 wasn't that late, but I agree that there were too few of them. The industry just wasn't there to satisfy the demand. What was late though were the upgrades. Whilst all the allied opponents it faced started to have better engines, canons, etc.. The Folgore only got extra machine guns in the wings, which made the flight characteristic worse, so a lot of pilots didn't use it. The Veltro was late though and weakly armed in the beginning. And let's not even mention the G.55.

@@rogueplastic Both the 205 and the G55 produced in the order of a few hundred and the Re2005 in the dozens… I agree with you. The Italian industry was not ready.