I airbrushed Future for the gloss coats and later I applied the decals. Like I mentioned earlier, I used Microscale's, "Micro Liquid Decal Film" I sometimes call this decals maker and brushed it onto the decals , let it dry for at least 15 minutes and cut it out and then into the water and the decals behaved very well. In fact I was surprised how nice this decal applied and followed the contours. Later I looked to see it had settled into all of the recessed lines, I did not have to use Micro Sol. I was very impressed with this because these are the original decal set from this kit which might be at least 40 years old or more!

Not shown in my shots, I drilled out holes on the forward left wing and vertical stabilizer to glue on a small piece of stretch sprue. This is where I attach the aerial wires, the kit had the option of either the big mast on the fuselage or on the wing but nothing was provided for the wing. And earlier I broke what was molded on the kit on the vertical stabilizer so I had to replace it. As you can see in this shot, the big mast was not used on 2-F-7...

This looks perfect, Bob @v1pro

Thank you, Spiros @fiveten and John @johnb.

A view from the air of how this same area looked around 2010.

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Amazing, my friend @v1pro! Thanks for sharing!

Testor's little glass jars still have their uses. Flat yellow and flat red (You need em for detailing anyway.) Use the yellow with a TINY touch of red. You will like. From a big Brewster fan and Long Islander.

Thank you all for following. This build actually took 3 weeks to make. I started this build pretty quickly but it slowed down after I made a few mistakes while painting. And writing the progress of this build this could have been easier if witten each day of the build.

Still, this was a nice build, reminded me a lot of the Otaki kits that I built back in the later 70's and 80's.

Some notes on the final finish:

• This aircraft could have been painted in either silver or light grey. I decided to go with silver and I was happy with my choice.
• I used the Tamiya Panel Line Accent to highlight most of the recessed lines. I also used a black pencil in a few sections.
• I applied Testor's clear flat coat to tie everything together.
• I sanded down the main wheels evenly to give it the weighted look.
• I used EZ Line for the aerial calbes.

  

I call this build done!

Thank you Spiros @fiveten. I kept the weathering to a minimum.