Alclad II and AM F3F-1 and 2

The F3F's weren't bare aluminum, they were painted with aluminum lacquer, so I would go with a silver paint rather than with Alcad.

I concur.  However, an explanation of Alclad's aluminum colors.  The polished aluminum is to represent what its name implies.  Few aircraft skins were regularly polished- maybe squadron commander's plane, and older airliners (AA used to keep their skins very shiny).  And, some military prototypes were highly polished as a showpiece for the vender.  To get the polilshed appearance proper undercoat is essential.

Their regular aluminum is proper for most in-service aircraft. For really heavily weathered, beatup old planes the white aluminum looks proper.

Thanks, Bronto and Don.  Your inputs are important.  

I think I'll use the regular aluminum on the fuselage and interior and perhaps a silver color of some kind to replicate the doped fabric on the wings.  Any recs for a suitable silver.  Again, my previous was the silver offered by SnJ.

Carl

I think a gloss aluminum paint represents doped fabric better than a super-shiny silver like Testors or Floquil silver.  But it should be glossy- Testors has a flat aluminum but that would not be proper for doped fabric.  Flat aluminum is for castings like the cast aluminum parts on landing gears.