Hi PeteMost of the decals are on:
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There are decals for a white edging to the canopy glass, but they'll have to go on after the final clear coat as they fit on the glazing inside the canopy frames, so on the outer edge of the masking. I'm worried that if I take the masking off now, the glazing will go cloudy if I use a satin clear coat.
The plan is to let the decals dry, then fit the drop tanks and napalm canister, then give the decals a clear coat, then fit the bombs (which are matt). Any thoughts anyone?
Pete
Stick it down lightly on a (clean!) piece of glass and cut it to width with a sharp knife and a steel rulerWhite tape might be a solution, but I don't have any that narrow
Chris, the frame decals are too small - the forward window is a few mm wider than the decals. They seem to have supplied 2 sets of frame decals for the 'middle' window, the window over the pilots' seats is wider.Pete thats lookin fanstatic an a pity about the canopy white framein was'nt it possible to gently lift the decal with your toothpick an usein a very sharp pair of small scissors cut the decal in the centre an then line it up an press down gently so it overlaps it as thats how ive got away with it on some of my builds but i suppoce each to his own but a lovely build all the same as i think if i remember rightly i had this trouble on my lightning on the yellow strip on the canopy on both sides but after a bit of an a bit of hand shakes i managed to get it so it dint look to bad an acceptable to me anyway but brill model an one id be pleased to own
chris
Yes, I could have, but Tamiya tape for curves is too thick, and there are other things more deserving of my time! I might have added yellow stripes to the bombs for example... but I didn't! As I said, not all the aircraft had these white edges anyway.Stick it down lightly on a (clean!) piece of glass and cut it to width with a sharp knife and a steel ruler
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