Cuajete
Interesting... Following!

Moreno Baruffini
Dear Cuajete, I wrote in the project description my thoughts about the colour of the plane. What do you think about? Thank you!

Cuajete
I don't know, Moreno... I think it could be aluminum, but it is difficult to know with so little data. In this other pic (with another decoration) it seems that it is aluminum, due to the reflections:

aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=300375

Even in this other pic, with better quality than the project, I would also say that it is aluminum (or maybe something like High Speed Silver). But it would be of great help if some expert in black and white photography could give his opinion.

aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=202720

Moreno Baruffini
Thank you very much! I saw these pictures some time ago but I lost the links 😅

Also my initial guess was aluminium, but the problem is that the Sparviero was made mainly by wood and fabric...

Guy Rump
Following with intertest Moreno 👍

Alex K
Interesting project indeed... Based on the photos posted by Moreno and Cuajete, I would personally go for an aluminium scheme with blue engine nacelles, as per the lightning... (and NOT as suggested in the LF instructions). Just my two cents! BTW, the "wood and fabric" structure of the aircraft doesn't mean it couldn't have been sprayed with an aluminium dope... Good luck with this project, Moreno! 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Dear Alex, you are right! I spent some time reading documents concerning the colours of the Regia (first of all "U. Postiglioni e A. Degl'Innocenti, Colori e Schemi Mimetici Della Regia Aeronautica, II Edizione, CMPR, GAVS sez Roma, GMT, 2a Ristampa, 1997) and I noticed that until 1936 all the aircrafts were painted with an aluminium colour.
Then this colour remained mainly for seaplanes, and was also added "grigio mimetico".
I'm not still completely convinced, as the tail fin should be white and does not seem the case (Moreover, Sparvieros exported to Iraq seems grey and not aluminium)...but I think I'll follow your and Cuajete advice.

Concerning the nacas, I totally agree, the nacas should be blue!

Alex K
Yes, I see what you mean regarding the rudder (shown white in LF's profile, as it should be normally expected), but in this case I think it is still in aluminium dope... Look at the difference in shade in comparison to the interior of the open door or to the circular emblem (?) on the tail fin. [Once again, apologies if I am talking here about things I'm not really knowledgeable about - I was just intrigued by what can we deduce from the existing B&W photos...]

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with you, again 👌