1/48 Monogram OS2U-3 Kingfisher

by Alfredo Garcia

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  Mexico Independence Day 2007 

 

Hi again everybody, it has been a while since my last posting, but here we go again.

Here's my Monogram's OS2U-3 Kingfisher finished in Mexican markings, based in Veracruz, patroling the coast in 1941-1942, I found a very little info about this particular subject, so it took quite some time for me to research and finish this model.

I used neutral gray on the undersurfaces and olive green on upper surfaces (as any typical U.S. green-gray airplane).  I also used Lone Star resins for interiors (a lot of it) and Squadron's vacuformed canopy, and a lot of work re-scribing panel lines.

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I used decals from Zotz's North America set, they include just national insignias for several countries, so the rudder had to be painted mixing up the red and green colors until they matched, more or less, with the decal colors.  The panel lines were shadowed using pastels just as with all weathering and some dirt, I "peeled up" the paint adding some touches of silver chrome and aluminum with a small brush.

I hope you guys like it and we're in contact.

Greetings from Monterrey, Mexico. This Sep 16th we're celebrating our independence day so ˇˇVIVA MEXICO!!

Alfredo 

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Photos and text © by Alfredo Garcia