It’s not bad but it’s far from my best. I have had to make too many compromises. It is an enjoyable build though. A day or two more and it will be done!Looking good Barry.
You didn’t fancy spray painting the mouth in then, now try at would be impressive.I truly hate decals and with modern jets the painting on of markings with masks is just not practical and this is why I will infrequently do them.
Trumpeters decals are the worse that you can get, they just have no strength and tend to splinter. I really should have bought an aftermarket set but, using Trumpeters, I should have known to have painted on decal film first to give them some strength. I didn’t sadly and, as usual, I started with the biggest decal first, the sharks mouth.
True to form it splintered while on the backing paper (yes it was ‘loose’ and cracks appeared before I touched it).
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Nevertheless I tried to piece it together on the model and it could have worked if the decal was not in many tiny pieces. Even then at first I thought I might be lucky and be able to use black paint to sort it.
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‘‘Twas not to be the case though. I could not rescue the decal it was in just far too many small pieces.
So instead of applying decals I spent the session painting two coats of liquid decal film over them.
As for the sharks mouth - another kit scheme also has a sharks mouth. A different style with no red. But it is use that or have none at all. Below is the other one that I will attempt to use.
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Apart from the sharks mouth the other decals are not too big so hopefully with the decal film they won’t give me too much of a problem.
It really is the large decals in 1/32 scale that you see on modern jets that are the big problem.
Don't be too hard on yourself. You've not seen the few planes I've built this year!It’s not bad but it’s far from my best. I have had to make too many compromises. It is an enjoyable build though. A day or two more and it will be done!
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