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  1. The next step was to protect the decals and existing paint work with a couple of heavy gloss coats: I used Alclad's Aqua Gloss, which I generally reserve for those occasions where I'm concerned that a solvent-based clear coat might affect the decals - which is the case whenever they're laser-printed, like here. I'll leave this for at least 48 hours now, before going anywhere near it with masking tape! I've also discovered some errors and omissions, some of which I also plan to attend to. The most visible one is that I got the colour of the engine pylons wrong. I assumed they'd be white like the engines themselves, but they are in fact the same light grey as the wings, so I'll be attempting to correct that, at least. Might get a chance to do a bit more work on the Welsh kit now. At least I know not to bother with the Corogard decals! Kev
  2. Happily, the FCD Coroguard decals came off without much trouble at all: The next step is to give the entire model a couple of liberal gloss coats to protect the existing decals and paint work, and then it's on to some tedious masking... Stay tuned! Kev
  3. Interestingly, the Ed Force One decals are from V1, and despite being laser printed, they performed beautifully. The FCD Coroguard decals, on the other hand, are screen-printed, but don't settle down by themselves, and react badly to having anything applied over the top of them! It's going to be a lot of work to get those Coroguard decals off and mask and respray them, but it's not worth trying resurrect them at this stage. I did that with the 767 build, and while that worked out OK, it's really not the way to go here. I do have a plan, and the only uncertainty in my mind is what colour to paint them. Might have to do some tests on a mule first. Kev
  4. OK, I did my best to capture the issue in a photo: They're like that all the way along both wings. They reacted badly to Microsol, and these wrinkles are still there more than a day later, and even after trying other decal setting solutions. The uppers aren't in great shape either, and haven't even had any Microsol yet. I'll strip them off and mask and paint them (the lower ones are out of position anyway). Quite bummed about this, as it was all going quite well until this point. But then, it isn't really one of my builds until something like this happens... Kev
  5. Here's the box art for the Sea Fury kit, as posted by DBMK on their Facebook page: Kev
  6. So I bought (and used) some Coroguard decals from Flying Colors Decals for this build, but with some trepidation. You see, I'd used them before on a 767 build: I had some serious trouble with them on that build, as not only did they react really badly to Microsol by permanently crinkling such that I had to sand them down and apply a second set, and then sand those down again, but they also wrinkled under every clear coat I put over them! Well, sadly, it seems I'm having the same experience this again, despite the more than 10 year gap between builds. I'll take some photos when the decals have settled down as much as they're going to, but at this stage I think I'll be stripping them off, and masking and painting the Coroguard. Kev
  7. Awesome stuff, Peter! Did I miss the S.6B RFI photos? Kev
  8. The real thing does have a slight overlap here, though it does look a little exaggerated on the Hasegawa kit. Kev
  9. I do have one of them (I forget which one), but haven't looked at it in ages. Kev
  10. I've been trying to get hold of the Combat He 177 for some time now, and have pretty much given up. I hear it's not all that great anyway, but can't imagine myself scratch-building one! Even the 3D print guys seem to be shying away from it. Kev
  11. Thanks, Tom. Can't see it under either wing in any photo though, so I'm a bit stumped. I'll bung it on anyway, though, as I can't really use it for anything else! Kev
  12. And here's the promised update! Decalling done on Ed Force One: I've taken the photos against both a white and a charcoal background, since each offers a slightly different perspective on the model. The only decals left are a pair of stencils for the nose wheel doors, and a registration decal whose placement I can't determine: My best guess is that it's supposed to go under the outboard end of the starboard wing, but I can't find a single photo that confirms this, so will probably just leave it off. Just need to deal with all the wrinkling now! But very happy with the way this is turning out. Kev
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