SIAI Marchetti SF260
1December 11, 2020vacform Marchetti built some years ago
2December 11, 2020top of vacform kit
3December 11, 2020bottom of vacform kit
4December 11, 2020Daco resin kit (two pieces) , must be over 30 years old.
5December 11, 2020The KP kit is a "short run" , sprue connections must be removed
6December 11, 2020more sprue connections
7December 11, 2020No back seat bench in the kit, must be made from the spare box. DACO resin kit has the seat with safety belts
8December 17, 2020SH kit content : much detail and a lot of tiny parts
9December 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.
10December 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 joints
11June 19, 2021step 7 : glue B8 tot B9 and sand down to fit A8 ! It is easier to scrap away the two lttle ribs on A8
12December 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.
13October 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.
14December 20, 2020The space between dashboard and nose can be used to add weight to avoid a tailsitter
15March 28, 2021early (1971) two tone camouflage with dayglo tail, nose and tiptanks
16April 14, 2021First kit finished 1971 livery , DACO resin kit, self made decals, flag and roundels PJ production
17April 14, 2021left side view
18April 14, 2021right side view
19April 17, 2021second DACO kit, left side painted as 1980 SWALLOWS
20April 17, 2021second DACO kit, right side painted as 1973 SWALLOWS
21March 28, 20211980 Swallows team, two tone camo, dayglo on tail, fuselage line, nose, tiptanks and leadding edge
22March 28, 2021second delivery (ST-40 to ST-48), two tone camo, red dayglo , "Wolf" on tail
23January 17, 2025This is the home designed decal set for the early Belgian SF260 and Swallows team. Was issued afterwards as Stropdecal , only available at model fairs in Belgium
24March 28, 2021later (1986) three tone camouflage
25March 28, 20211990 special painting for 20 years service, subject of stropdecal set 2
26January 17, 2025Self designed decals, later issued as stropdecal set2 .
27May 28, 2021One more finished, SH kit, own decals
28May 28, 2021Right side
29May 28, 2021Left side
30May 28, 2021Bottom view
31March 28, 20212009, two tones grey ST-40 for 40 years, same decal sheet, model finished
32January 24, 2025ST-40 special painting 40 years
33January 24, 2025ST-40 special painting 40 years
34March 28, 20212009, ST-48 as machettiger
35January 17, 2025home designed decals, later issued as stropdecal set 3,
36May 22, 2021KP kit finished, right side
37May 22, 2021view on a mirror
38May 22, 2021left
39March 28, 20212000, yellow and red , decals as in the KP kit
40March 28, 2021Civil Aviation School
41January 17, 2025Self designed decalset , issued als stropdecal set n° 4
42October 12, 2021Right side, SH kit 72418, home made decals, Tamyia X-4 blue, TS-36 fluo red
43October 12, 2021Left Side
44October 12, 2021Top & bottom view
45March 28, 20211996, new Swallows aerobatic team
46January 17, 2025Decalset n° 5 for the NEW SWALLOWS
47January 17, 2025NEW SWALLOWS. These aircraft had 2 smoke generator tanks installed in place of the back seat
48January 17, 2025Bottom view of one of the two schemes
49March 28, 20212009, special painting for 300.000 hrs
50May 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.
51April 27, 2021Difference in canopy height between SH72418 and SH72433 : 0,7 mm
52May 9, 2021still putting decals on ST-20 , they are very delicate
53March 28, 20212003, 250.000 hrs, the real thing
54May 29, 2021and the SH kit with the decals of the kit
55May 29, 2021The Special Hobby Kit with the decals in the kit
56January 17, 2025Decalset n° 6 for two special decorations : 30 years and 300.000 hrs
57March 28, 20211999, special painting 30 years
58June 6, 2022top right
59June 6, 2022top left
60June 6, 2022bottom righ
61January 17, 2025and the other one
62January 17, 2025left side
63January 17, 2025top view
64January 17, 2025bottom view
65October 8, 2021Home made decals for "high canopy" versions, stropdecal decalset n° 7 : red devils, hardship red, 50 years, light grey scheme
66March 28, 2021New "Red Devils"
67June 21, 2021Red Devil time
68October 8, 2021Red Devil , SH kit high canopy, home made decals
69October 8, 2021Right side
70October 8, 2021Red Devil bottom
71March 28, 20212010 , Hardship red aerobatic team
72March 28, 20212014 50 years in red
73March 28, 20212014 50 years in Yellow
74March 28, 20212014 50 years in grey
75March 28, 20212019 in grey
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A combined build of two 30 year old resin kits from DACO and the new KP and SH kits. Because the SF260 had so many liveries in its 50 years service , I started to design the decals for them and issued them as my first Stropdecal project
