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SEM Model 1/72 Macchi C.204 Fighter (Prototype) by Richard Mendes |
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The Aeronautica Macchi C.204 ("C.202 Isotta Fraschini" originally) powered by a 900hp Isotta Fraschini Asso XI L.121 upright V-12 engine was designed during the autumn of 1940 as an indigenous Italian-built alternative to the difficult to produce, as well as expensive, 1,175hp Alfa Romeo RA.1000 R.C.41-I Monsone (the license-built Daimler-Benz DB 601 inverted V-12). A wooden mockup of the fuselage nose with a mounted Asso XI was built but all further effort continued only with the DB 601. |
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The 1/72 scale SEM Model C.204 72810 Resin Conversion Kit for the Italeri C.202, C.205 or Hasegawa C.202 kits comes with a one-piece fuselage and propeller spinner resin parts, vacuformed plastic canopy ones and water decals for a Regia Aeronautica Italiana kit build. The build was easy thanks to good castings and high-quality decals though additional ones were taken from SKY Models 72-014 Macchi C.202 sheets, Aero Detail 15 Macchi C.202/202/205 (Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. Ltd. August 1995) being referenced for location placements, Humbrol and Testors enamel paints used throughout. |
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Aircraft: Macchi MC.204 Manufacturer: Aeronautica Macchi S.p.A. Type: Fighter (Prototype) Year: 1940 Engine: Isotta Fraschini Asso XI L.121 upright V-12 engine, 900hp Armament: 2 x 12.7 mm SAFATs (0.5 in) Crew: 1 |
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