Here's the Seahawk with the paint.
I'm mostly happy with the paint. Originally the top of the model was painted with Vallejo 160 Neutral Grey (according to the equivalencies PDF that was supposed to be a similar colour to Tamiyas XF-24 Dark Grey), but it was too light. I repainted it with the XF-24. Then I fixed the overspray from the lifted masks, the residue, and lifted paint. Finished up some detail painting also.
Today I assembled the landing gear, and another small problem came up - she's just a little tail heavy...I tried to estimate the C.o.G. on the model when I added some clay to the front of the fuselage before I glued the assemblies together, but I was a little off. She teeters on her back wheels a second then plunks down on the tail arrester hook...I'll have to think of something - I have some soldering wire...
Oh - and I think the antenna on the bak of the plane will be in the way of the decals for the Suez stripes. I may have to cut them off and them re-glue them back on later.
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