| when you put decals onto matt paint for a start the water will mark the paint, and it will also absorb it a bit meaning the decal will stick fast almost instantly, not allowing you to move it around at all!!!
go to the supermarket and buy yourself some Johnsons Klear (about £3 a bottle...we talked about in the other thread) get some cotton wool, soak it in the clear and cover your whole model. it should soak into the matt paint a bit so it wont make it too glossy at all (even though its a varnish)
leave it over night (covered to stop dust getting on it)
apply the decals, leave for a while and give it all another coat of Klear, leave over night again. then, if its a bit too glossy for your liking (not that aircraft are 100% matt any way) give it a spray over with a matt varnish.
the Johnsons Klear will also stop and silvering around the edges of the decals and make them apear as if they are painted on!!!! |