Now that I have been on a roll, I am toying with the idea of doing my Classic Aiframes RE.2000 again. Regarding the colors below, what readily available paint is a close match? I do have these in old Polyscale (not MM1) which I do not mind spraying in overall, but I never had much luck spraying camo...

Vince I agree about the demand for accuracy but there were a lot of good decals floating around in that era I mentioned. Thankfully I collected a lot of them and have them. Have you tried those Techmod decals? They are tough to work with....they remind me of decals from the 70's. The best I have use...

I build mainly 1/48 scale aircfraft and have for the past 30 years. The detail of most kits today are fine for me, but ususally one thing I change out is decals. Most of the time the kits stock sets from like Hasegawa and Tamiya are just OK unless they come with Cartograph or you score an Aeromaster...

Thanks Vince these are very good clips. Regarding Anglo views on Italy, you can see it blatantly in books and accounts during the war. The derogatory names, degrading of the value of equipment of Italian origin. I think it's very similar to the way the US military viewed Japan during the war. It's j...

Were the C.200 wheel wells and gear doors paint like the C.202's?

Fast question - did you freehand the fuselage with the airbrush? Whatever you did it is perfect! Also what is your paint ratio to thinner?

You are probably right. That is why Italian Aces don't have the kill number like other nations.

Maybe what I am looking at in those photos and Richard Caruana's illustrations are of rebuilt aircraft then. Also I had the author of Courage Alone incorrect, it was Chris Dunning. Are you familiar with the illustrations in that book?

Mainly the two in Courage Alone by Shores, and I believe they were drawn by Richard Caruana.

Thanks Stefano. I was looking at some other references like Shores' "Courage Alone" as well as the DeTerlizzi "RE.2000 Falco" book. I also have the Ali D'Italia book on the Reggiane fighters. The first two show mostly 2 colors but the later shows 3 colors like you mention. If I do make my 2000, I wi...

I've been looking at some of the incredible works made on here, and also posts. I have been seeing a lot of contradictions also all over the internet as well. In Italian service, with 377 Sq., did the 2000's have a three color camo using the colors listed below or was it just a 2 color scheme, the G...

The Italian sources in current books about the 2005 namely Ali D'Italia and Avriloibri state there were numerous encounters and claims in 1943. Although many years ago I conversed with Ferdinando D'Amico via email and he mentioned the only verifiable claim was a Spitfire shot down in the Invasion of...

What is the general consensus here about Squadron Books? My take is that they used to be real good for a while, from the late 70's to the mid 80's but seemed to taper off, in terms of topics and quality. I know all of us here are drooling waiting for a book about Italian aircraft, and Squadron does ...

I don't have the reference and I don't know the author although likely he's been here before, I just don't recall. D'Amico's last book (Camouflage & Markings of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana 1943-45) is reliable. I wish Ferdinando was still around, he was a top-notch researcher and his boo...

Thanks Vince. When you get a chance take a peek at that book if you haven't already. I agree with you on that post above. Even D'Amico says that as well....