From May 9th, 1942, the Reggiane
RE-2000 fighter coded MM8281, converted into catapultable version, was
successfully tested in a series of launches from RN Miraglia, flown by Capt.
Giulio Reiner. This project was started in order to provide the Italian fleet
of close air protection, since the Italian navy had no aircraft carriers at that
time. During the following months, several RE-2000 cat. saw service on many
of the main Italian battleships.
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As you know if you've
read my previous submissions, I get satisfaction from trying to turn ugly
kits into decent models, with no help from aftermarket products. This old SMER kit needed
total scratchbuilding of the interiors, total sanding and rescribing, homemade
canopy, heavy reshaping of the rear fuselage in order to achieve the proper
round section, and so on. The catapult is scratchbuilt as well. Any comment
welcome. Cheers from Italy.
Massimo
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