Tamiya 1/48 F2A-2

[tempestjohnny]

I agree with you on the well maintained. I did a yellow wing F4F-3 years ago. And everything I saw was well kept up. Maybe a bit of exhaust staining

[Stikpusher]

Exactly! I don’t know if youve seen the color photos from Life magazine of pre war flight ops on USS Enterprise, but those Yellow Wings aircraft were quite well maintained. The between the wars USN keeping everything “ship shape”. I know the officers and chiefs kept the sailors busy to keep them out of other sorts of trouble. Like you said, aside from minimal exhaust stains, the look great

[Stuart]

Those are some cracking photos!

[BlackSheep214]

Man... you gotta love between war yellow wings.

[Stikpusher]

Those are some cracking photos!

You have to love the work of that quality

Man... you gotta love between war yellow wings.

They sure were beautiful!


So I’ve been back to work on the colors of my Buffalo, but it took a couple of days…
First up I airbrushed some Tamiya White Liquid Surface Primer onto the upper wing to help give a more vivid top color of the yellow



After letting that dry overnite, this morning I airbrushed on a coat of Model Master Flat Insignia Yellow onto the upper wings. With the white base it gave a nice rich color.



Then after lunch and giving the flat base time to air dry, I airbrushed on a coat of Model Master Chrome Yellow



I’ll have to go back and hit the wing walks again, as the masking bled a tad bit, but otherwise, it’s all good so far. I’m quite happy with the yellow now.

Next color will be the True Blue fuselage band, cowling, and wing chevron…

[keavdog]

Looking sharp! Can't wait to see the big stars on the wings and chevrons

[Stikpusher]

Thanks John. I’m looking forward to getting the last bits of color on this.

[LyleW]

Looks sharp!

[Stuart]

You did a good job on that Yellow, it looks ace!

[Medicman71]

Wow! That yellow looks great!