I had a great time painting up these corsairs for my British Blood Red Skies Fleet Air Arm Squadrons! I clipped the wing tips to reflect the British aircraft. Apparently, the British Aircraft Carriers had less room between the flight deck and the hanger deck so the wing tips had to be removed so the folded wings fit into the hold.
The decals are for 1836 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Victorious, during Operation TUNGSTEN and are from my good friend, Kevin, at Miscellaneous Miniatures. Operation Tungsten was an air strike plan to attack the German battleship Tirpitz in her Norwegian base at Kaafjord. During the attack on 4 April, 1944, Fairey Barracuda dive bombers, escorted by Corsairs and Seafires from Victorious and HMS Furious conducted level and dive bombing attacks
I have not had the opportunity to gloss coat and flat coat the aircraft yet. I will post another photo when I get them totally complete.
Hope you like the photos. I am looking forward to trying them out on the gaming table!
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