Anigrand 1/72 McDonnell P-67B Moonbat "Virgin Widow II"

[Rhino]

Here's a sneak peek!
Now, the Chinese-made sharky-sharkmouth decals are quite thick. They took 3 generous dousings of Solv-A-Set to get them to conform to the complex curves on the Moonbat nacelles. The mouth decals are mostly pairs, so I molested both of my decal sheets to get both sharkmouths in place. They are nicely opaque and colorfast.

The kit decals take a LONG time to soak off the backing paper. They are nicely in register, and NO decal likes the angular side profile of the P-67. I know now why my Anigrand kit came with 2 sets of decals.

My red serials, aircraft numbers and Widow II woman artwork clear paper decals are too translucent to use over black paint. They work ok on the gray, so I will wait for my red number decals to get here from Omaha to finish that up.

I did print some Widows and 422nd NFIS badges on white decal paper. Precise, intricate trimming will be needed to make them believable.
Is that more to your liking, Saul?

 

[moon puppy]

Two mouths, no waiting.

 

[Sharkmouth]

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Is that more to your liking, Saul?

Indeed!

 

[Rhino]

The red decals arrived on time today, making today "Decal Day"!
I love to decal, which is good, because the 422nd Test and Eval Squadron P-67B Moonbat will have lots of decal markings. Let's start with the most prominent, shall we?

My too-translucent-for-black-paint 422nd squadron badges turned out to be almost exactly the same size as a notebook paper punch hole. Punching out a few white decal circles allowed placement of the clear paper printed badges over the top of them. Pure Luck, that!

Keflavik "KV" codes, serials and aircraft numbers proceeded from there. Have a look!



Gear doors and navigation/electronics pod were installed along the way. I put the props in the nacelles for this picture. The portside widow artwork will be replaced by this Moonbat's mission scoreboard, including this pilot's victories from the PTO.

Lots of little decals make a mess!
Pitot tube, Canopy, TAC radio whip antenna, and external fuel tanks will go on after the "Widow II" decals are complete. Cool scoreboard decals are on the way.
Thanks again for looking in!

 

[Impisi]

Looks good

 

[moon puppy]

Nicely done!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Coming along nicely Chris! Not bad for a ship guy at all.

 

[Rhino]

Waiting for victory markings decals, other small details will be attended to.