SIAI Marchetti SF260
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December 11, 2020vacform Marchetti built some years ago2
December 11, 2020top of vacform kit3
December 11, 2020bottom of vacform kit4
December 11, 2020Daco resin kit (two pieces) , must be over 30 years old.5
December 11, 2020The KP kit is a "short run" , sprue connections must be removed6
December 11, 2020more sprue connections7
December 11, 2020No back seat bench in the kit, must be made from the spare box. DACO resin kit has the seat with safety belts8
December 17, 2020SH kit content : much detail and a lot of tiny parts9
December 17, 2020Fuselage 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.10
December 17, 2020I 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 joints11
June 19, 2021step 7 : glue B8 tot B9 and sand down to fit A8 ! It is easier to scrap away the two lttle ribs on A812
December 20, 2020SH 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.13
October 19, 2021This 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.14
December 20, 2020The space between dashboard and nose can be used to add weight to avoid a tailsitter15
March 28, 2021early (1971) two tone camouflage with dayglo tail, nose and tiptanks16
April 14, 2021First kit finished 1971 livery , DACO resin kit, self made decals, flag and roundels PJ production17
April 14, 2021left side view18
April 14, 2021right side view19
March 28, 20211980 Swallows team, two tone camo, dayglo on tail, fuselage line, nose, tiptanks and leadding edge20
April 17, 2021second DACO kit, left side painted as 1980 SWALLOWS21
April 17, 2021second DACO kit, right side painted as 1973 SWALLOWS22
April 19, 2021home designed decals for the early Belgian SF260 and the SWALLOWS23
March 28, 2021second delivery (ST-40 to ST-48), two tone camo, red dayglo , "Wolf" on tail24
March 28, 20211996, new Swallows aerobatic team25
March 28, 20212000, yellow and red , decals as in the KP kit26
March 28, 20211996 , different three tone camo , Beavechain "Wolf" on tail27
March 28, 20212009, ST-48 as machettiger28
May 22, 2021KP kit finished, right side29
May 22, 2021view on a mirror30
May 22, 2021left31
May 22, 2021Laser printed decals to complement KP decals32
March 28, 20212009, special painting for 300.000 hrs33
March 28, 20212009, two tones grey ST-40 for 40 years34
March 28, 20212014 50 years in Yellow35
March 28, 20212019 in grey36
March 28, 20212014 50 years in red37
March 28, 20212014 50 years in grey38
March 28, 20212010 , Hardship red aerobatic team39
April 27, 2021Difference in canopy height between SH72418 and SH72433 : 0,7 mm40
May 9, 2021second 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.41
May 9, 2021still putting decals on ST-20 , they are very delicate42
March 28, 20211990 special painting for 20 years service43
May 28, 2021One more finished, SH kit, own decals44
May 28, 2021Right side45
May 28, 2021Left side46
May 28, 2021Bottom view47
May 28, 2021and the self designed decals, laser printed. Model painted in black; color decals on top, finished with black side lines48
March 28, 20212003, 250.000 hrs, the real thing49
May 29, 2021and the SH kit with the decals of the kit50
May 29, 2021The Special Hobby Kit with the decals in the kit51
July 22, 2021production line , so far52
March 28, 2021New "Red Devils"53
June 21, 2021Red Devil time54
October 8, 2021Home made decals for "high canopy" versions55
October 8, 2021Red Devil bottom56
October 8, 2021Red Devil , SH kit high canopy, home made decals57
October 8, 2021Right side58
March 28, 2021later (1986) three tone camouflage59
October 9, 2021left side , SH kit 7241860
October 9, 2021right side61
March 28, 2021Civil Aviation School62
October 12, 2021Right side, SH kit 72418, home made decals, Tamyia X-4 blue, TS-36 fluo red63
October 12, 2021Left Side64
October 12, 2021Top & bottom view65
March 28, 20211999, special painting 30 years66
June 6, 2022decal design67
June 6, 2022top right68
June 6, 2022bottom righ69
June 6, 2022top left
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A combined build of two 30 year old resin kits from DACO and the new KP and SH kits.