[Buckeye30]

May I ask your opinion of the "Checkerboard" markings? Looking at colour photos I'm 95% sure they are white on SBG but the (official) "History of Marine Fighter Attack Sqn.312" from HQ. USMC Washington says black-white on F4Us from 1943. They certainly had them later on FJ/F-8 etc. and also included them in their insignia.
It would have been very time-consuming to fully apply them on cowlings and rudders.
Thanks
Nick