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Andrea Morris (Manic Dragon)
GB

Macchi MC.205 Veltro
Italeri

Scale:
1:48
Status:
Ideas

The Macchi C.205 (also known as MC.205, "MC" standing for "Macchi Castoldi" ) Veltro (Italian: Greyhound) was an Italian World War II fighter aircraft built by the Aeronautica Macchi. Along with the Reggiane Re.2005 and Fiat G.55, the Macchi C.205 was one of the three "Serie 5" Italian fighters built around the powerful Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. The C.205 was a development of the earlier C.202 Folgore. With a top speed of some 640 km/h (400 mph) and equipped with a pair of 20 mm cannon as well as 12.7 mm Breda machine guns, the Macchi C.205 Veltro was highly respected by Allied and Axis pilots alike. Widely regarded as one of the best Italian aircraft of World War II, in action it proved to be extremely effective, destroying a large number of Allied bombers and capable of successfully clashing on equal terms with fighters such as the North American P-51D Mustang, a capability which encouraged the Luftwaffe to use a number of these aircraft to equip one Gruppe.

However, while the C.205 was able to match the best Allied opponents in speed and manoeuvrability, it was introduced late in the conflict. Moreover, due to the poor Italian industrial capacity of the time, only a small production run was delivered before the end of the war. Like the Spitfire, the Veltro was tricky in its construction and thus slow to build. Italy's highest scoring ace, Adriano Visconti, achieved 11 of his 26 credited victories in the few weeks he was able to fly the Veltro, with the top scoring Sergente Maggiore pilota Luigi Gorrini shooting down 14 enemy aircraft plus six damaged with the C.205.

Project inventory

Full kits
2765
Macchi MC.205 Veltro
Italeri 1:48
2765 2016 New decals
Detail and Conversion sets
YMA4810
MC.205 Instrument Panel Hasegawa
Yahu Models 1:48
YMA4810 2015
48012
Macchi C.205 Cockpit Set Hasegawa
SBS Model 1:48
48012
4493
Macchi C.202/205 Wheels & paint masks
Aires 1:48
4493 Multi-topic (2)
Masks
EX132
MC.205 Veltro for Hasegawa, Italeri
Eduard 1:48
EX132 2005
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Project references

Folgore-Veltro (Warpaint Books Limited 78)
Folgore-Veltro Aer Macchi C.202-205
Warpaint Series No. 78
Richard J. Caruana

Comments

4 December 2017, 12:49
Andrea Morris
Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.
4 December 2017, 12:57

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