my kit is still in the box so i can't remember which colour, but from experience italian red isn't close compared to bright red.
actually photoetched parts help the inexpereinced. coz all you do is stick em on
i thought you would of got the newer kits. newer kits have CF decals which i forgot to get my hands on whilst i was in HK.
ok tamiya server is slow atm. just goto
www.tamiya.com goto either japan or america (both english). somewehre down the bottom has "assembly tips". anymore questions you can ask me.