Thank you for confirming my suspicions. It is always best to check with the subject matter experts!

Looking through my Ali D'Italia RE2001 Vol 3, I have a question on squadron number color. The bottom photo on page 28 shows a RE2001 assigned to 358 squadron supposedly piloted by SGM Giovanni Dringoli. Is this Squadron number (358) in white, gray, or light blue? The squadron number doesn`t look whi...

Thank you for your help and information.

I was under the impression that the majority of RA individual aircraft numbers were in red. If that is the case the CR-42CN ac number and squadron marking background would be red because they look to be the same color. If the CR-42CN ac number is blue then the squadron badge background would be blue...

I am using Mr Terlizzi`s Reggiane RE200 Aviolibri special #6(among others) as a guide for my build of a 1/48 Classic Airframes RE2000. Page 28 lists a profile of a RE2000 serie II/III 377-5 in what looks to be in NC4 with dense VOS2 mottles with a black cowl. In addition the Squadriglia marking is i...

I have the Italeri 1/48 C.200 Serie II kit with the enclosed canopy. The kit provides markings for 385-red 10 in the standard Macchi factory "poached egg" camo pattern. According to my sources, 385Sq received C.200`s on December 9,1940. I assume that 385Sq received new production C.200`s on that dat...

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Thank you. That means the aircraft as new was probably built by Reggiane or Umbra. According to my references they had the majority of SM-79 production in 1942. I glad that you guys cleared up that profile information for me.

Thank you for your observations. Looking at the photos in ADI #11 and Osprey profile #8 I agree with your conclusions. What really confused me was all the VOS base with GAC mottling online builds and profiles compared to the Osprey book profile. I also agree that one`s builds should be as accurate a...

Thank you. I don`t have ADI #28 so I can`t reference your subject citation. I do have ADI #9, and 11 as well as the 2 volumnes by Dunning as references. So I take the Osprey profile errs in the application of the GAC frontal overspray. I noticed the Osprey profile shows the early model exhaust as we...

My question concerns the accuracy of a color profile in Osprey`s Combat Aircraft SM-79 Torpedo Bomber Units #106 located on page 40. Profile #20, aircraft# 253-8 of 104 Gruppo/46 Stormo mid-summer of 1942. This profiled aircraft sports a factory paint job with GAC painted camo frontal areas. How acc...

Thank you Ricardo! You guys here on this forum are awesome with your replicas of the Regia Aeronautica`s warplanes! Your information is in line with my references also...In retrospect I should have shot the GM3 first and then mottled with VM3 for a lighter look. All the photos I have had the dark lo...

I am building the 1/48 Warrior Ba-88 for the 98sq`40 North African T2 basing timeframe. I have already shot the base coat of Verde Mimetico 3 with mottles of Giallo Mimetico 3. Are the color profiles in the Ali-Italia correct or should I use the Ba-88 profile found in the Stormo color gallery for th...

Thank you for the link! The guys who post here are just awesome in the work that they do and the information that they share. I`m indebted.

Beautiful Macchi! Thanks for the stencil tip! I`m going to try the stencil approach when I resume modelling after I get home from overseas.

Jeff