boatman
SMF Supporter
Every time I read about your problems with them splintering, I keep wondering what could be the cause of that. Though I don’t think I’ve made a Tamiya kit with decals as big as these, I also don’t think I ever had any splinter except because I tried to get them from the paper too soon. My experience with Tamiya decals over the past thirty years or so (admittedly, I’ve not built many Tamiya kits in recent years) has been that most take a looooooong time to soak off, and of course they can tear if you try to move them when a little bit is still stuck to the paper. In other words, are you sure they’re completely loose when you apply them?
Could be I’m on completely the wrong track here, of course.
WELL this is my 5 pence worth Jakko regards these decals as I will sometime in the furture have to fit some like barry has as ive the same kits but regards these decals splitting its some thing they do as on my K/H JAG kit the decals looked brilliant on the sheet but when I came to soak the decals in water they just floated off the backin paper an then precced to fall to bits I could not belive it but that happened a lot as I first thought id left them in too long so then I treid a bit shorter time an still dint make any difference I don't think the manufactures are makin them strong enough but that my opinion what barry thinks I don't know an Barry i hope you dont mind me putin my opinion on your thread but sayin this my decals on my ackdemy 1/48 tomcat came out fine crazy isnt it
chris