SIAI Marchetti SF260
vacform Marchetti built some years ago
top of vacform kit
bottom of vacform kit
Daco resin kit (two pieces) , must be over 30 years old.
The KP kit is a "short run" , sprue connections must be removed
more sprue connections
No back seat bench in the kit, must be made from the spare box. DACO resin kit has the seat with safety belts
SH kit content : much detail and a lot of tiny parts
Fuselage of SH kit (left) and KP kit (right) compared. The floor of the SH kit is just a little too wide to fit, a littke scraping is required.
I combined the dashboard of the KP kit with a spare from SH. Some filing and scraping is required to fit it in the fuselage. KP kit has no backseat , it comes from the spare box. The nose requires some putty to smoothen the joints
step 7 : glue B8 tot B9 and sand down to fit A8 ! It is easier to scrap away the two lttle ribs on A8
SH kit instructs : glue dashboard to cockpitfloor. It is easier to glue the dashboard to the fusalage. Parts B1, B2, B4 were slightly too wide to fit easily in the fuselage and needed some sanding to adjust them. There is no "parcel shelf" B21 in the Belgian Marchettis.
This beacon (?) is not present on the early Belgian SF260M , it shoud be removed, leaving a tiny hole in the wing to be filled with putty. For the SF260D , the bump is much flatter.
The space between dashboard and nose can be used to add weight to avoid a tailsitter
early (1971) two tone camouflage with dayglo tail, nose and tiptanks
First kit finished 1971 livery , DACO resin kit, self made decals, flag and roundels PJ production
left side view
right side view
1980 Swallows team, two tone camo, dayglo on tail, fuselage line, nose, tiptanks and leadding edge
second DACO kit, left side painted as 1980 SWALLOWS
second DACO kit, right side painted as 1973 SWALLOWS
home designed decals for the early Belgian SF260 and the SWALLOWS
second delivery (ST-40 to ST-48), two tone camo, red dayglo , "Wolf" on tail
1996, new Swallows aerobatic team
2000, yellow and red , decals as in the KP kit
1996 , different three tone camo , Beavechain "Wolf" on tail
2009, ST-48 as machettiger
KP kit finished, right side
view on a mirror
left
Laser printed decals to complement KP decals
2009, special painting for 300.000 hrs
2009, two tones grey ST-40 for 40 years
2014 50 years in Yellow
2019 in grey
2014 50 years in red
2014 50 years in grey
2010 , Hardship red aerobatic team
Difference in canopy height between SH72418 and SH72433 : 0,7 mm
second kit of Special Hobby arrived SH72433, main sprues te ame as in SH72418 , decals included for Belgian ST-47 same livery as ST-48 of KP kit.
still putting decals on ST-20 , they are very delicate
1990 special painting for 20 years service
One more finished, SH kit, own decals
Right side
Left side
Bottom view
and the self designed decals, laser printed. Model painted in black; color decals on top, finished with black side lines
2003, 250.000 hrs, the real thing
and the SH kit with the decals of the kit
The Special Hobby Kit with the decals in the kit
production line , so far
New "Red Devils"
Red Devil time
Home made decals for "high canopy" versions
Red Devil bottom
Red Devil , SH kit high canopy, home made decals
Right side
later (1986) three tone camouflage
left side , SH kit 72418
right side
Civil Aviation School
Right side, SH kit 72418, home made decals, Tamyia X-4 blue, TS-36 fluo red
Left Side
Top & bottom view
1999, special painting 30 years
decal design
top right
bottom righ
top left
Kommentare
32 11 December 2020, 18:53
Maciej BellosFollowing with interest. My daughter saw this aircraft in a documentary and wants to build it. She liked it being yellow and red.
11 December 2020, 19:09
CuajeteMe 2.
The comparison of the new SH and KP kits is interesting. I think SH is better, but KP offers decals for more interesting decorations. Thanks for the input 👍.
18 December 2020, 18:41
Gordon SørensenGreat work, Erik! The SF-260 is a great looking aircraft. Looking forward to following your progress.
19 December 2020, 00:55
Erik De SmetI just made an overview of the several outfits I can give these planes
28 March 2021, 15:53
Alex KI really enjoy and admire your "variation-on-a-theme" multiple builds / collections (even using several different kits of the same subject), as in the case of your Fouga collection or the SF260 (one of the most graceful aircraft!). I wish you will also include the civilian example of photo 33 in your future SF260 builds... Keep up the good work! 👍
10 April 2021, 13:21
Erik De SmetThank you, Alex, and yes I will build the Belgian civilian one. I am actually working on home made decals for several Belgians and I found someone in the Netherlands who can print decals with white for a very reasonable price. Special Hobby announced a second kit of the SF 260 with the higher canopy. Unfortunately An other yellow one, so I will have to make more decals.
10 April 2021, 16:15
Erik De SmetI just received the second Special Hobby kit 72433 of the Marchetti SF260 with the larger canopy. The difference in height is 0.7 mm
27 April 2021, 14:15
Erik De SmetStill putting decals on ST-20 : many VERY TINY ones, and I misplaced some. Fortunately , I bought several kits, so I can finish it
9 May 2021, 14:20
Erik De SmetOne more finished : the SH-kit with the decals in the kit. They are very delicate, and I screwed up some, but as I had more than one kit, I could correct my errors.
29 May 2021, 15:04
CuajeteBefore Erik out of stock them from all stores I got a kit from Special Hobby and one from KP 😛
Looking good this one too. Congrats! 👍.
8 October 2021, 18:06
Erik De SmetNext week Special Hobby will be at ipms Belgium convention. I will ask them to increase their output ...
8 October 2021, 18:43
Erik De SmetI just added a modification for the SH kit, which I forgot to mention
19 October 2021, 15:09
Felix TroschierThanks for providing interesting information about your builds, I really appreciate that.
I'm very pleased by the Sabena ones, are you willing to share a copy of your decals? Of course I would pay you for that 😉
19 October 2021, 21:37
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A combined build of two 30 year old resin kits from DACO and the new KP and SH kits.
