Fly 1/48 Macchi M.5

[ChrisSavaglio]

There was a posting about that replica on another forum. I looked into it, because the article makes it sound as though the plane is full size, but it's actually a 7/8 replica. They did this so they could get away with a lower output, less expensive motor.

Still very cool and pretty to see fly.


Stephan,
I'm looking forward to see what you think of the Fly kit. If I recall, the wing rib thing is the biggest issue. I'm away from home still (I get back Thursday), so I haven't been able to check it against anything even if I wanted to. I can't even remember if I have the datafile or not.

Again, I'll probably build it mostly out of box and not go insane building it.

C

[AROTH]

Unless the my copy of the Datafile is incorrect, I count the same number of wing ribs on both the Model and the Datafile. Yes, there are some slight issues with dimensions (a millimeter or so here and there) and the forward hull area looks a little shy, but as Chris says, if it looks like an M5, then it is close enough for me.

[Ross_Moorhouse]

Photos from their site.... FLY 814 Hlavní strana - Main page

[ChrisSavaglio]

I'm looking forward to building this one.....Billy, the editor at aerospace, swiped that and most of my other loot from the belgium show for in box reviews, so I won't be able to get to start anything from there until I get back from japan mid oct.

Guess I'll just have to be patient and work on the big fokker till then....

C

[ermeio]

Hi,
I purchased both the regular and the special color one;
The upper wing has the right number of ribs, though they are prominent.
I've not checked the wingspan, but beware the windsock profiles, all of them, since they tend to be somewhat deformed, expecially the 1/48 ones (I suppose this is a scanner issue, I wrote to Ray Rimmel about this problem, but he never published any letter...)
The fuselage profile seems to be a bit out of shape, but surely should not be difficult to correct.
The problem is in the special colour decals, since the Arcidiacono fuselage sported the writing "I casi sono due", while the model translates this in ich ... (I think this is the same problem of an avalaible 1/33 card model of the same subect)
best regards
ermeio

[StephenLawson]

Originally Posted by ermeio

Hi, I purchased both the regular and the special color one; The upper wing has the right number of ribs, though they are prominent. I've not checked the wingspan, but beware the windsock profiles, all of them, since they tend to be somewhat deformed, expecially the 1/48 ones (I suppose this is a scanner issue, I wrote to Ray Rimmel about this problem, but he never published any letter...)

The fuselage profile seems to be a bit out of shape, but surely should not be difficult to correct. The problem is in the special colour decals, since the Arcidiacono fuselage sported the writing "I casi sono due", while the model translates this in ich ... (I think this is the same problem of an avalaible 1/33 card model of the same subect)
best regards
ermeio

Thank you for your comments. And Ross thank you for the images. It seems to have gone together very well.

[Ross_Moorhouse]

The built model looks like a M.5 to me.

[CB]

I reversed my earlier decision and bought the kit. It was on sale at Grreat Models Webstore for less than $ 40 USD.

[ermeio]

Hi, all!

yesterday I've cross-checked the windsock 48 scale plans by _Marty Digmayer with Airmacchi specifications of wingspan and length:
the plan is about 2-3 mm too wide as regards the wingspan, so the model wing is close to the specifications (1mm too short).
I'm sure the problem is not in the Digmayer's original plans, but depends by the printing process and most of the WS 1/48 plans are afflicted by a non-uniform reduction in length or wingspan, that tends to be overexagerated when the plans are enlarged to 1/32 or 1/28 scale - I realized this problem when I enlarged the hanriot plans to scratchbuild an 1/32 model of the hd1: the wingspan is 6 mm too short in 1/48 and this is nearly 1 cm in 1/32!
It seems that 1/72 scale plans in windsock are more close to scale, so enlarging them could be a solution, when a check is performed after the enlargement is printed...

after this digression.. you can use the fly upperwing as is.


ermeio

[ChrisSavaglio]

My plan for this one is to simply sand the wing detail down a touch just to tone it down and possibly massage the fuselage shape a little.

Other that that, I'll probably build it oob with a few details added. Should be fun to do that crazy black/white striped version included in the regular boxing....

C