FlakPanzer IV Mobelwagen, 1/35, Tamiya

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely Paul!

 

[scottie3158]

Paul,
Looking good mate, as Jim said the cammo will tone down down during the next steps.

 

[PaulTRose]

now ready for a brown wash

i dread to think how old this kit is.............been in my stash for 15 years and i got it second hand in a bundle on ebay!

so no surprise the decals gave some problems......had to dig into the decal spares for a few

 

[scottie3158]

looking good Paul the wash should tone down the cammo and tie it all together.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Paul
Nice work. Many decals just don't age well. Given how long this kit has languished in your stash I'm surprised any worked.
Jim

 

[Jakko]

What went wrong with the decals? Tamiya ones usually hold up very well with age, is my experience, but they do take very long to soak off the backing paper. If you try to move them too soon (within five minutes or so, if not longer than that), chances are they won’t budge or will break because only part has come loose yet.

 

[PaulTRose]

wouldnt come off even after 10 minutes in hot water!.......was easier to give up and have a look in the spares box

 

[Tim Marlow]

I’ve had brand new Tamiya decals do that. In fact I’ve had one end of them floating in the surface of the water, but still immovably stuck at the other end. By far the worst part in their kits IMHO.

 

[Tim Marlow]

The mobelwagon is coming along lovely, by the way, Paul. Great Camo scheme…..

 

[Jakko]

I’ve had brand new Tamiya decals do that.

Same, but only in kits released up to about the late 80s, I think. The weird thing is that newly produced versions of those old kits still had the decal problem when new-release kits didn’t … Either they had enough of those decals to still be putting them into kits 20 years later, or they kept ordering them from the same manufacturer even after switching to another for more recent kits, it feels like to me.

 

[PaulTRose]

current state of play....

had to give it best part of a week for the oil wash to dry off a bit........then had a couple of coats of vallejo matt clear.........very unimpressed cos it was still shiney............one decent coat of mr hobby flat sorted that!

the end is in sight lol

 

[scottie3158]

Paul,
Looking good, coming on nicely.

 

[Jim R]

Looks good. I have had problems with Vallejo Matt but I have heard that it needs shaking to death and then even more shaking.
Jim