A Canadian service
Tracker in one of the many different paint schemes that they had, this being
a CFB Summerside based aircraft,880MR Sqdn. All Trackers in Canadian service
were originally carrier based, later reverting to ground based aircraft.
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With the exception of the
weapons bay, all necessary/practical modifications and scratch
building (both internal and external) to produce an
accurate representation of the subject from the basic kit, were done.
I probably spent 200 hrs. on this model over four years, with the most time
consuming operation being the reshaping of the nacelles. The Canadian decals
are Flight Colours set 72A02. All others were laser printed on
Walters decal film. Paint color is a self produced version of
501-109 referenced to the I.P.M.S. Canada Colours Guide paint chip manual,
using Model Master enamels. Additional references included
I.P.M.S. Canada RT vol.9 No.1 & 2, plus about four gig of photos
of the static display aircraft at 12 Wing Shearwater.
I still have the
"low vis" final operation scheme to do, although I don't plan to do
the high degree of internal detail again.
Phillip Steele
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