I'm planning my next build, which is going to be the Airfix 1/72 Fiat G.50. This is my first Italian build -- I've been a WWII aircraft fan my whole life but am woefully uninformed about Italian aircraft of the time. The painting instructions show the subject to be green mottles on tan (352a squadron, 20 Gruppo, N. Africa 1941).
I did some research over the last few days and almost all of the pictures of G.50's from 352 squadron I could find were green and red-brown "stripes" over tan. I found one black and white photo of a mottled 352 sq. G.50, which I assume is green over tan.
My question is: which is right? or are both right? It's possible that camo schemes changed over time. Or maybe Airfix had it wrong?
One page I found (https://micheleraus.blogspot.com/2011/07/) was a modeller who made a "striped" G.50 of 352 squadron which he says is from Martuba Libya, 1941. He includes a picture of a "Striped" aircraft -- 352-4. So it seems like, if he did his homework correctly, this would be the scheme that the Airfix kit should be.
If anyone has some hard evidence for a green mottle over tan scheme, I'd be interested to see it... otherwise I'm leaning toward the "Striped" scheme.
Thanks everyone!