I have managed to repair the damage suffered on the underside of the wing to a degree.
First up was masking around the damaged area to try and protect the stencils. I had thought that as I had put a clear coat over them they would be fine…..wrong they came off as soon as I removed the masking tape even with it being low tack tape
Some careful sanding followed to clean it up.
As I use lacquer paint I decided not to bother priming and just lay a top coat directly onto the surface.
I didn’t want to risk overspray though so masked the upper wing, being extra careful to avoid sticking anything on the roundel, once bitten twice shy
Once dry it was time to replace the lost
decals.
Fortunately Arma Hobby includes x2 sets of stencil
decals so these were no problem. The roundel was more tricky, none in the spares box and no reply to my begging post on the sell/buy section.
I could buy an aftermarket set but being stingy I came up with another solution.
There’s are roundels left over with a red centre so I decided to use one of these and carefully paint the centre with
Tamiya X6 Orange.
Not perfect but good enough
I’ve then given it a coat of flat clear to seal it all in before I start the weathering.
Thanks for looking
Geoff.