@holzhamer, I went for greenish/stell gray as well, Pedro. The most commented color for this aircraft.
@adamcda13, you can compare those curves with the angle indicators some other dive bombers have on the side of the canopy, like a Henschell 129 for example.

Good plan, Pedro (@holzhamer). I had the same problem when I was building mine. Everyone showed a different color in both the gear wells and the cockpit, especially when you are looking at restored aircraft. My plane was a post-war Yugoslavian plane, so I felt pretty good about using the A-14 from AK Real Colors.

With such a nice weathering on the Il-2, I've decided to try and make a little base for it. Heavily inspired by Uncle Nightshift's work on Youtube I prepared an XPS base and used several different elements on it, from weathering pastes, dirt and rocks from the garden, to static grass and tufts. And in the end, I painted it all in black! 😀 Plan is, to paint everything over the weekend.

Spiros , I hope it will still be when I put some paint on it 😀

A very nice base which will make the Il2 stand out even more, Sebastijan @inflames

Good save, Michael @michaelt
Looks great now.

I've masked the canopy and sprayed the cockpit colour (A-14 Steel Grey).

The kit comes with 2 parts for an open cockpit canopy or a single piece for a closed canopy.

I've masked and temporarily fitted the latter and masked the others and I'll decide which to use later.

Tamiya provides the masks with printed outlines that the modeler has to cut out.

This was easier than I expected and they fit beautifully.

I checked the seams by also painting them - I needed a little more work in a couple of places.

The lower fuselage join that I was worried about is perfect.

2 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Superb paint work, Michael @michaelt
Indeed, the join is a smooth as can be.