Kinetic S-2F Tracker

Kinetics S-2f Tracker. I made mine closer to the earlier layouts of the S-2A later redesignated S2F-1 for the USN. Over 1200 of these aircraft were build for a handful of countries starting in the 1950s. First aircraft to incorporate both Submarine detection and attack capabilities. The Kinetic kit is another win in my books. Overall pretty solid fit on all of the parts and its a relatively slick aircraft so there aren't a ton of surface details you will need to restore. Would love an E-1 Tracer and/or C-1 Trader version to compliment my C-2/E-2 but one can only hope. This was the closest I can get for now. Wings butt up nicely so you can worry about them separately (Left /Right) and install them at the end. Not overly complicated either so it was only about a 90 hour build. Used this as a build to get me back into modeling and break the rust off after taking the summer off. Wing fold is a little delicate but if you're careful and test fit everything piece by piece as you glue it up, you shouldn't have too many issues. Hardest part is probably looking for reference photos for antenna layouts like the wires(I assume are HF antennas or similar). Would recommend a stronger epoxy for the wheels if you go for resin ones. Mine seem to want to fold in so might need to change that. Also Added about 155g of lead sinkers as far forwards as possible in the cabin area as there isn't much room to work with forward of the cockpit. Has about 25g on the nose wheel so i wouldn't go much lighter than that. Also got a 3D resin printer and took my first stab at designing my own. The searchlight, which i think came out nicely.
Update: added some exhaust/oil streaks on the right side of the right nacelle where a drain hole appears to be. Left the port one alone since i couldnt reach it with the airbrush on the inboard side. Also added some Curtiss engine data placards from AirScale.
Let me know how you think this one turned out!