Decals are looking great, Chuck (@uscusn). Interesting that there as so many stencils. My first assignment in the Air Force was at Luke AFB, which at that time was the training base for NATO F-104 pilots. I don't remember a lot of stencils on the planes, but it could be a bad memory on my part.

Decals and stencils do look great, Chuck @uscusn

Finally finished the decal process applying all the stencils. The nose and tail, most of along each side of the fuselage.

A few along the spine and undersurfaces.

Next Vallejo Acrylic Flat clear is airbrushed to seal the decals and final finish after some wash is applied under and over the top to dirty up the airframe. Not too much these were pretty clean and kept up by the Italians.

Next is up is to install the landing gear and work and final details.

More to follow.

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Indeed, Chuck (@uscusn). It does look very nice. One of the pitfalls of more modern aircraft models are the need for stencils. It's one of those tasks that needs to be done in conjunction with another build so that you can step away from it every so often and do some other sort of modeling. Not as bad as sanding perhaps, but certainly up there.

Looking forward to seeing the completed model. BTW, I am curious about your user name. I figure the usn part means US Navy, but not sure about the usc part. As an ex squid myself, its nice to know there are other mariner types building out there.

Superb progress, Chuck @uscusn
Decals do look really nice.