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