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maxidad66 · 14-12-2007

So what's all this about Tamiya being the pinnacle of the modelling experience?

I am coming to the end of a thus-far enjoyable, pain-free build of Tamiya's 1/48 P51b Mustang. Now to one my favourite bits - applying decals. I thought Tamiya were meant to be top notch! The decals are really poor. By dint of treating them with extreme caution, I have managed to apply most of them with reasonable success. But they're VERY delicate: difficult to get off the backing paper and extremely fragile round the edges. As it happens, the slightly rough edge gives it an appealing worn look, but I am about to apply wide, white (theatre?) stripes around the wings, and I just know they're gonna disintegrate.

Am I only the only one to encounter problems with Tamiya decals?

14-12-2007	#71 (permalink)
maxidad66 Scale Model Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Watford Real Name: Richard Visit maxidad66's Gallery Posts: 134 Images: 32	Tamiya? (More like Spam-ier!) So what's all this about Tamiya being the pinnacle of the modelling experience? I am coming to the end of a thus-far enjoyable, pain-free build of Tamiya's 1/48 P51b Mustang. Now to one my favourite bits - applying decals. I thought Tamiya were meant to be top notch! The decals are really poor. By dint of treating them with extreme caution, I have managed to apply most of them with reasonable success. But they're VERY delicate: difficult to get off the backing paper and extremely fragile round the edges. As it happens, the slightly rough edge gives it an appealing worn look, but I am about to apply wide, white (theatre?) stripes around the wings, and I just know they're gonna disintegrate. Am I only the only one to encounter problems with Tamiya decals?