@Call77 - thanks, that’s my pal FOlewnik with the steady hand and tiny brush. He’s a professional painter who has work in museums & auto shows that you’d never notice (faux finishes and things like that).
Decals and Insignia
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here’s another
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Are those the HBG versions? I bought a set of HBG Ryujos but they haven’t been painted yet. So… my buddy is a professional painter- master at faux finishes, worked on museum displays, zoos, auto show displays (that’s not really exotic wood or marble- he’s painted it to look that way), stuff like that. I gave him a print of a schematic of one of the carriers, I forget which by now since I’ve printed so many, and he chopped off the tower on an OOB Akagi and moved it to the other side of the carrier, filed some stuff off and built other stuff on with putty, and hand painted the deck and both sides to exactly match the schematic. I’ll have to start a separate post so we don’t hijack this one with them.
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yes, those are HBGs version.