OCD Redux – Detection, Correction, Completion
Well, I fell prey to my desire for perfection, again, . . . or at least my version of it. I decided, casually, to look for additional pictures of VF-9 Wildcats on Ranger during Operation Torch, and, whaddayaknow, I found a beauty.
But, but, what did my eyes behold after all the work? Need a hint?
W.T. F.?! The numbers on the leading edges of the wings are white, not black?
Well. there was no way I could convince myself that black is white, so I had no choice but to correct it.
While I was at it, I said that the fuselage national insignia needed to be fixed, too. There was no way I could pretend any longer that this:
looked like this:
I won’t bother you with the details of how I did it. It suffices to say that I had extra decals and the requisite desire.
This particular Wildcat finally looks right, or as near as I can get it.
And here is some inspiration for a future subject to complement 9F20.
It’s finally time to move on to that Martlet conversion.