I went ahead and continued working on this build so that I could hopefully post an article about it on the Anniversary date of the "Great Mariana's Turkey Shoot", which just happens to be tomorrow. On this date, Payne happened to score a kill while flying with VF-16 from the Lexington, when he shot down an A6M Zero.
I wrapped the oleo struts with "Bare Metal Foil"
and gave the decals a sealer coat of Future...
Once this dried I used some "Testor's" Dull Coat to tone the shine down a little.
Here's how it looks now:
Other than some weathering, oil leaks and exhaust staining, (plus making an antennae lead cable from clear stretched sprue), this one is done. It has been a great kit for building, and I am very happy with the fit and ease of assembly on this one.
As usual, comments are encouraged.
This will be the last posting for this build thread, as hopefully tomorrow I will be able to post an article about the man and his machine.
Thanks for reading along, and I hope you have enjoyed the read as much as I did building the kit.
Take care.