RA MC200 and Italian units and markings

[Zippythehog]

Hi,
I've looked around here and on line and I've come up empty handed. I'm trying to suss out unit markings for Macchi 200s of 1 Stormo. I'm guessing that a bunch of Gruppos made a Stormo and a bunch of Squadrillas made a Gruppo. I'm trying to depict mid-'41 Sicilian Macchis involved with the Siege of Malta.

How these related to each other and their markings is really what I'm after. Yellow cowling bands or not, unit badges inside of white fuselage or not, these peculiarities are depicted but not really explained.

I am grateful to the STORMO! The Online Magazine of the Regia Aeronautica and the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana for painting info (camo design and so forth), but even this is limited when it comes to the aforementioned markings.

Any help here would be really appreciated.

 

[fubar57]

Which scale are you modeling in? I tried to find Italian numbers in 1:48 and pretty much gave up. Still going through my books........

 

[Zippythehog]

I build 1/72 scale. I found a bunch of Tauromodel sheets on eBay for MC200s and 202s.

There really is no good Macchi 200 kit in 1/72. The HobbyBoss requires some gear doors and engine air intake to be created. The old Revell kit doesn't have the right prop hub cast. It comes with a solid spinner-which, I believe, only the prototype or very early production had.

The USAF Museum in Dayton has the one in the top pics. The third is my attempt at an air intake for the HobbyBoss kit.

The last is my initial steps at fixing the Revell kit.

I know Tamiya made a 1/48 scale Macchi 200? Is that the one you built or was there another?

 

[Wurger]

Two kits for the MC.200 offres the AML firm, no. 72025 and 72032.

no. 72025

no. 72032

The another firm is the Flying Machines

no FLY72002

for decal markings: you may try to find the Sky Models Decals 1/72 MACCHI C-200 SAETTA Italian Fighter
for instance here ... Skymodels Aircraft decals - SKY72061 | Hannants

 

[fubar57]

My kit was an Italeri. Something I just now found out, the Tamiya offering is a reboxed Italeri kit.

 

[Crimea_River]

I hate when they do that. They did the same with the Ar196 and doubled the price for a marginal quality kit.

 

[Zippythehog]

Wurger- thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of Hannants. I even found these Resin Tasty Bits https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KORS72178

I didn't know that there were other kits by AML or Flying Machine. If found, they seem pricey.

George, I found this on eBay. Don't know anything about the cast but it does have PE and resin parts and it's 1/48.

Classic Airframes 1/48 Macchi C.200 Saetta | eBay

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.

 

[Bernhart]

I have the classic airframes one, simple plastic pieces, some metal and resin.