Well this morning I went to pick up blue paint to patch up the damaged roundel and low and behold! I see the AM decals box and after thumbing through it for 30 minutes I found this.

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So I dropped $10 down on this because I was uncertain the blue would match and believed it would be a better route. I know I said I would paint it but the idea of lifting the remaining decal and replacing it outright intrigued me. I had success!

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So now with all these extra roundels on hand I decided to lift and replace the two on the top of the wings and eliminate some of the rough texture/crinkling they were showing. The red spots on the roundels are about 3mm larger then the kit decals red spots. As the subject title says "Not so Accurate Miniature pony"....

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I also worked on and finished up most of the fiddly bits.

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Did some chipping on the prop then mocked it up in the spinner. Still have to paint the yellow tips on the blades of the prop.

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I also need to paint the engine exhausts. Color call outs say burnt metallic copper or something. Any clues as to what a better color would be? I might just mix my own slurry to do this.

Next up a final shooting of a coat of Future to seal everything in and a pastel pin wash in the panel lines to show them off. Now I can truly see the finish line.