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beav1013
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Here's my viper mk II also in progress. I had this one almost done, was on the decals when it all went to hell. I painted on the stripes, as the kit has decals specifically for painting stripes. when i put those decals on, you could hardly see them. so i sanded them off and cut out the decals from the other stripe decals to get the wing emblems. these decals were horrendous. they split, didn't level out on the surface and the red didn't match a normal red paint color.
i've since sanded these second decals off the wings and repainted that portion of the stripes. the wings are a little messed up now and need major attention to be fixed. i needed to set it aside before seeing if it could really fly, so i started the slave I.
i'll come back to this in a little bit, still bitter about it.
here's what i "had" done at one point. if anyone ever does this model, be extremely careful with the decals. the cockpit decals were also terrible. i got a new set from the model company, i'm thinking of doubling up the top wing decals this time, hopefully it comes out.
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i've since sanded these second decals off the wings and repainted that portion of the stripes. the wings are a little messed up now and need major attention to be fixed. i needed to set it aside before seeing if it could really fly, so i started the slave I.
i'll come back to this in a little bit, still bitter about it.
here's what i "had" done at one point. if anyone ever does this model, be extremely careful with the decals. the cockpit decals were also terrible. i got a new set from the model company, i'm thinking of doubling up the top wing decals this time, hopefully it comes out.
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