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90% of the rigging is completed, screws on, all AA.
I cheated on the B-25's. The model's paper B-25'a are the wrong color, brown rather than U.S. Army drab olive. I have a set from Merritt in 1/200 so I used them.
The planes are not glued in place, I installed 4 nails in each to add weight over the nose wheel. I investigated further, when leaving Saf-Fran she not only sported 5 wildcats on the bow, but also 4 Dauntlesses around the aft elevator to appear she was ferrying planes. I need to make those nine planes then will permanently install all. The ship left port with 25 aircraft on deck, 16 B-25's, 5 F4F's and 4 SBD's.
Merritt offers, the B-25's, F4F's and TBD's but for some reason no SBD's in with their 1/200 plastic Hornet. I have that model, but chose this paper model over the other one due to paper being more realistic with all thicknesses among other things. If I were to model her at Midway, I would recommend the Merritt aircraft for any builder.
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