Shawn M Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 eek! The rest looks great however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 To bad. But, the rest of the decals, and the whole build in general, came out top shelf ! I love it.............Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Shawn Thanks for the kind words. Glad, I'm past the faulty decals, for whatever the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Harv Appreciate the comments so very much. Looking forward to the home stretch now and finishing up the Spit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Oh, she looks good indeed! I have heard about those Tamiya decals being a real PITA, too bad really as the rest of the kit is aces. I wonder who prints them, as the decals in the Tamiya 1/48 kits I used to build were very good if a little on the thick side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Much appreciated Frank. I'm not sure who printed Tamiya's decals for the Spit, but the shattering and cracking s a first for me. I was pretty lucky that I decided right at the start to use set of Eagle Cals Decals for the build, as they came to the rescue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Looking good. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Thanks Ron, much appreciated. Sure hope all the surprises are done and over with, as the build is finally approaching the final stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Well done sir....maybe decals are a little too thick, and doesnt work.... I had the same problem with my 1/48 revell seasprite... decal sucks... I aplied them without any softer and covered with varnish until the decal and fuselage went to the same level... BTW. I use walters solvaset, its strong stuff, but diluting with water makes the job... Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Thanks Shep for the advice and kind words. I'm thinking that I should have added a few drops of Solvaset to the the soak water and then used some on the decals as well. Normally, I don't need to resort to Solvaset but this time around, I should have. Edited March 25, 2013 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 great paintjob mate, looks cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Sorry to see the troubles you had with the decals Peter, but I reckon it looks terrific now. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Peter, great work so far my friend!!! One mistake though, i dont know if you can fix it now, may be with some paint? The black line that run the upper surface of the wing should not run over the roundel, as far as i know. Maybe someone else has different opinion, but this is what i discovered when i was building mine. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Again, sign of a good modeler.............making it look like nothing went wrong! Youd never know you had any issues.............looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 That's too bad about the decals man, but it looks like you got it all wrestled into place. I've never seen something like that happen to Tamiya decals, hopefully it's just a one-off problem. Any plans to blend the decals into the paintwork, I think that would be the icing on the weathering cake. Keep up the great work buddy, it's looking awesome. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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