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1/48 Kitty Hawk XF5U-1 "Flying Flapjack" U.S. Navy
Hi all, just finished off this one, it was a quick build and goes together well, but as is the normal with Kitty Hawk instructions, there are wrong number call outs and back to front call outs and wrong sprue numbers. That aside, this was a build I really enjoyed.
OOB except I added brass tube for guns, there is nothing in the kit and there are quite reasonable size holes for gun ports, I took liberty and have them sticking out a ways, not accurate, but I like the added look. I painted the rudders rather than using the kit decals.
I used Vallejo metal color Silver for the base and picked out panels and used different shades of Alclad and AK xtreme metals to add different tones. I used Flory dark dirt wash to highlight the panel lines and rivets. Props are just painted Tamiya buff, with lifecolor burnt umber hand brushed over to give grain effect and then I sprayed tamiya clear orange over them.
           
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