FOV's first 1:72nd scale B-26, "Shootin-In", has received a lot of criticism due to paint and glue abberations, rubber pitot heads and machine guns, missing windows, OD oversprays on the bottom, incorrect colors on the fuselage letters--should be gray, not white---and their misplacement. The latter, was caused by a mistake at the factory ( I presume ) which saw an attempt to squeeze in the unit letters ( FW ) under the right horizontal stabilizer. To make these fit, the stars and bars were pushed forward on both sides. Actually the real B-26s positioned the unit and plane letters in the same places on both sides, instead of always showing the unit ID first, thereby eliminating the space problem.
Although I couldn't find decal letters in a dark enough gray, I used some in a lighter gray as an alternative to FOV's whites. Other changes included new pitot heads, many small windows painted in, the OD overspray eliminated and lots of weathering and chipping for a battle worn look. The first picture is of the FOV B-26 as it looked at the outset. The others show it now.
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