Richard that is a cracking result they look perfect. All the time spent paid off.Hi Guys, I have some update. This time they are regarding the decals. On taking a closer look they appear fragile plus the whites were yellowing and may have the tendancy of disintegrating when immursed in water. So I took the liberty to photostat two copies as a guide to cutting out masks. Then I sprayed vanish over the remainder of the decals that I would be using.
I used tamiya masking tape and pasted them over a cut out window from typewriting paper flat ont a cutting mat. I placed the photostats ontop and cut away. The balkenkruez for the underneath of the wing and the side fuselage masks were in two stages for the white and black. The following are the masks after the process...
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The process below is for the second stage after I had already sprayed the white...
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The outcome was better than I had expected...I had to break off the weight stabilizers to let the mask lay flat. I will re-stick them after the process.
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The wing top just needed only one process and mask for the black.
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Even the side balkenkruez worked out well as I was afraid the thinner outlines wouldn't cover properlly and be misaligned. Cutting out the lines not easy and it took me at least two hours for the masks.
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I work on the swastika next and then the salvaged decal numerals and emblem. After that I will try some weathering.
I won't want to go through this again and will take more care with my decals the next time...perhaps store them in proper folders and away from moisture.
Cheers,
Richard
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