Piero Magni PM-2 (the successor of the PM-1), Choroszy 1/72nd resin

 

(The completed model is here:

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2022/09/piero-magni-pm-2-experimantal-plane.html

After building the PM-1 

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2022/07/piero-magni-pm-1-choroszy-172nd-resin.html

it was only natural to follow with the PM-2, an improved PM-1 with a slight arrow on the wing, different wing struts, normal stab/elevator separation instead of the flying one, and other minor changes. This one did have its civil registration. For more information on these types please follow the link above. Here are some old pages published on I-BASF:

Photos also show, besides the light-colored wing, a lighter "ring" on the cowl where the propeller is, and no tonal differences that would hint to black areas on the fuselage contrasting with brown ones as depicted in the kit (but of course these photos are not first rate):

 Here are the contents of the box. Even bagged, two parts came broken. In this sample the edges along the lower fuselage halves were too thin and somewhat compromised, one felt a bit short, and the other had some not very easy to clean excrescences:

The decals lack the registration that you can see (divided) on the struts in the photos above, and only have the wing and fuselage ones. Photos show a lighter upper wing (as does the artwork on the box top), so in my humble opinion the white wing reg. won't do there. The font is a bit off too, so I commissioned another set from Arctic Decals. A clear piece of plastic is included for the two windshields, but no patterns to cut them:

Everything cleaned up and washed. The detail is very good, the flying surfaces scale-thin, a full interior is provided. Alas, there are no locations marked on the parts for the struts, stab or LG legs. Nor they have locating devices. I metal-pinned all those on the PM-1 model, and will have to do the same here:

The fuselage halves have locating devices. The front one is OK, but the aft one will produce a misalignment, thus it was deleted. As mentioned, in this sample the lower edges of the fuselage sides were too thin and a bit iffy:

I learned with the PM-1 kit that it's better to apply primer beforehand, as the parts have little blemishes that need correcting preferably before assembly. The cockpit pan has been already assembled:

I am replacing, as I did with the PM-1, the wheels' spread bar for a section of streamlined styrene and metal pins as per photo (the resin part would have been too fragile, those feeble wheel axles wouldn't have taken any load). In the PM-1 build I also replaced the instrument panel, and will do the same here as the publications above list about 6 instruments, not 3 (kit's in the photo):

A bit of color on the wheel hubs, base color on the cockpit pan, and more primer on the other side of the parts:

As with the PM-1, the tail feathers and landing gear legs are metal-pinned:

Once more, instead of spending 20 minutes cleaning up two fragile resin parts, a solder wire exhaust is fabricated in 1 minute:

A bit more paint:

The interior is ready to be added, missing only the inst. pan. now. This little kit has a lot of nice interior detail:

A new instrument panel:

The interior is glued in place:

The fuselage sides glued together:

Tail skid and vertical tail in place. As noted above these had metal pins added to better secure them:

The horizontal tail is added, whilst I am still dealing with a few blemishes on the seams and surface:

Color now on top of wing and wheels. Landing gear on and another coat of primer on the fuselage:

The brown color is applied:

Wing, struts, wheels, exhaust ring, control horns and cables, and the two windshields (one above and one below the wing) are added. To the right you can see the masked spinner, as photos show a metal color band area where the prop is, at the back of the spinner:

Black base for the metal color seen in the photos posted at the beginning of the article is airbrushed on the spinner/prop:

The nose is on. I am waiting now for the commissioned corrective decal set from Arctic decals to complete the model.

The set commissioned from Arctic Decals arrive and was applied. Since photos show a clean upper wing, I desisted to apply the black registration I ordered, but have them just in case a photo appears where they are present:

The completed model is here:

https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2022/09/piero-magni-pm-2-experimantal-plane.html