Finally, a non-blue color schemed WWII USN plane. Had to wait forever it seemed for the non-cuffed replacement prop to show for this one. This was made from the 1/48 scale Sword FM-2 kit with corrected non-cuffed propeller from Meteor Productions, AM decals from Techmod, and a few add-ons like needles for the additional upper and lower antennas and bead wire for the radio antenna.
Was a little liberal with the Tamiya X-19, but during my research found a number of these Dark Gull Gray and White, Atlantic scheme planes very weathered as such. Actually used a light gray marker after painting to accent the panel lines, using a Q-tip to diffuse the effect. I was somewhat pleased with the results.
This is the last plane for me before the big move into the new house… we close Thursday… cannot wait.
One last pic. This FM-2 rounds out my Wildcat collection. Starting top left there’s my F4F-3S Wildcatfish, to its right my F4F-4 Wildcat, and, of course at the bottom, the FM-2. I’m throwing in the towel on Wildcats after this. Too many other planes to build. [:)]
Yep, she looks really great! I love the scheme and weathering. I like your kitty trio there as well. One of these days I’m going to do a Wildcat in Joe Foss markings. Great work.
Zig Memory System Writer I picked up at an art store one day. Has a 0.5mm tip at one end, and 1.2mm tip at the other. I believe the color is officially platinum (maybe gray?). As for working on raised panel lines, yes. I have a green one that I thought would work well on my OD Monogram B-25J, but the colors were too different (marker was very green, where OD finish was more …well…olive) to look realistic.
