After getting several coar of gloss Johnson Klear / Future, it was ready for decalling.

I had no special decals for this Gannet variant with an overall grey finish. Decals were searched together from the spare decal box, kit decals and some Xtradecal sets. 

The model is for a simple scheme of a Gannet AS (or also used as COD 4) I found in a profile. And although I could not find the exact numbers and serials, who knows? The white walkways were from from white decal strips from Xtradecal.

I used Xtradecal D-type roundels but was not to happy about the application, The are very difficult to get them to fit the surfaces. 

After clean up, the model got a gloss coat of sprayed on Johnson Future to protect the decals and get a smooth end finish. Gloss fnishes are typical of  FAA aircraft. 
 
 

The antenna wires were finally added from thin stretched sprue with superglue and painted with thin black paint. This gives a nice touch to the model of the Gannet.
The final step was to add the prepared vacuform Aeroclub canopies. They have white detail markings and some white decal was again used here.

 The impressive counter rotating props. 

A nice FAA Gannet in the collection, With some work, even using a very old FROG (NOVO) kit it can be done. 

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