Wow, those pictures do look amazing, as does the Kate, Keith @greenterrorz
Good work on the base.

After 4 hours of putting in work this evening on the carrier deck; I am satisfied with the result.

Thank you all for your compliments!

An absolute satisfying result, Keith @greenterrorz

Thanks for following this far everyone!

While working on the Mogami, I plan on starting the next plane in this series.

Anyone have a suggestion if I should go with the D3A1 Val or the A6M2 Zero next?

Onto to the D3A1 Val it is then!

It appears there is some controversy on what color this aircraft actually was. Based on info I can find; it is grey-green or light grey. I have most Tamiya paints on hand so could go with either XF-76 IJN Grey-Green or with XF-91 IJN Grey. The XF-76 might be more interesting since most builds I see online appear to be either light grey or dark green.

I’m curious if anyone has a recommendation for circle mask to assist painting the red sun insignia.

The decals in this kit seem pretty thick and don’t show as much detail under them as I would like; so would prefer to paint.

Hi Keith @greenterrorz: Throw me on the bandwagon with the others. I think gray/green would be cool. I borrow my wife's hobby cutter called a Brother Scan and Cut to make masks for my planes. Really simple to use.