Thank you all for checking in and your kind words.
Marc, unfortunately I didn't start a thread on this but I post below few more pictures of an intermediat phase. I primed all with matt white, then for the upper surface I wanted the ribs to be lighter then surrounding fabric to simulate partaial transparency with dark ground below, while on lower surfaces, where light passes through fabric but not spars and ribs, the structure is darker. Upper surface I masked spars and ribs with 1,5 and 3 mm tape then sprayed a dark yellow. Lower surface I drew thin lines on ribs and spars edges with a gray pencil then filled all the structure with a light gray pencil (used Karismacolor artists gray shades) then blend lightly with a sorf brush (basically the technique as described on Des' tutorial in the homepage). Fuselage was graduated, lighter in the lower section, darker in the upper. Use very light colours and shades as the Aviattic decals are calibrated to give the right colour over white background. I used the "feldgrau faded dirty" featuring the usual linen effect and subtle tone variations in a random pattern I really like the resulting colour. Initially I calculated two sheets, but I wasn't accurate in cutting all the needed sections manteining the thread pattern and one wingtip remained uncovered so I needed to buy urgently another decal sheet (it was delivered in less then a week, considering shipping from UK to Italy with restrictions due to Covid it was lightning speed!) but I'm still pretty sure that it's possible to cut everithing from two with a tight margin. For the cowling I used "bare metal" Chrome foil burnished with the wooden rounded handle of a small brush and a toothpick in tiny recesses. Scales are hand drawn with a Molotow liquid chrome fine pen. I like the effect of see-not see depending on the point of view but still there is room for improvements.
I hope my description is acceptable, as I sometimes see my english inaccurete. If you need any other detail, please ask.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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