Though the parts engineering of the Italeri 1/72 C.202 kit is a little different, and it has better interior detail, its exterior precisely duplicates the Hasegawa kit, down to the finest of details. If 5240 mm is indeed the correct spacing between these panel lines, both kits are about 1.2 mm short...

Thanks Vince! I appreciate your help on this one. A couple of notes: + The 5280 mm dimension in my first post was obtained by simply scaling up my measurement of Ali d'Italia's 1/48 drawings. I assume they are printed pretty accurately, but I don't know what actual dimension Mr. Brioschi was working...

This will hopefully answer my own question above! First a shout-out to the "STORMO!" web site! Vince Tassone kindly put me in touch with a friend who owns some original factory drawings. While not available for publication, the owner has graciously allowed me to share related information from them. ...

They may be getting rare already, but Gli Archivi Ritrovati recently published a SPECTACULAR book on the Re.2000 in their excellent "Blueprint File" series. A lot of details would be applicable to the Re.2001, including wings and landing gear of course. https://www.gliarchiviritrovati.it/home/catego...

I'm pretty excited about this one! Has anyone out there seen any "insider" info on the kit? I've seen nothing but Italeri's announcement so far. I certainly hope that Italeri has done their homework, and fixed the accuracy issues in all other C.202 kits, and included a good amount of detail! In my d...

Probably getting hard to find these days, but the Bancarella Aeronautica books on the Reggianes are very good. "Ali d'Italia" monograph no. 3 is on the Re.2001, and "Ali e Colori" no. 6 covers camouflage and markings for all the wartime Reggiane fighters.

A long shot for you Regia Aeronautica experts...! I'm working on the vintage Hasegawa 1/72 kit of the Macchi C.202 Folgore, and would appreciate input on the correct length of the real machine's fuselage, specifically the length of the main structural "core" assembly, from the firewall to the rudder...