For you Green Tail Trilogy owners

[Gazzas]

I wish I'd have seen these earlier:

https://www.pheondecals.com/32017a-pack-of-3-jasta-5-albatros-tail-trim.html

 

 

Gaz

[Guest Peterpools]

Gaz

Isn't that always the case!

Peter

[Troy Molitor]

Gaz,

 

You should feel responsible. Chin up! And certainly a sincere thank you!

 

Troy

[CANicoll]

Thanks for sharing!  I actually bought Tamiya flexible tape JUST to look at how I might paint the red edges...

[Out2gtcha]

Ordered!  Thanks for posting that.......................I actually have some of that Tamiya tape, but with going around corners that tight, I found sometimes even that Tam tape can pull up a bit  I normally would paint things like this instead of decals, but for small thin lines like this that need to stay uniform the whole time to look correct, sometimes decals can come off looking cleaner IMHO. 

[ziggyfoos]

This would be ideal for mask, I thought someone made some but maybe that was for different scale?

 

I know FCM included mask in their 1/32 decal set though:

 

[Out2gtcha]

Well now THAT would be even more ideal.   The decals were only 7-ish GBP so even if I made masks myself, I figure Im not out much. 

[Gazzas]

There certainly is more than one way to skin that cat.  With the Tamiya tape, you have to paint quickly after laying the tape, before it can lift on the tighter corners.  The decals, you may have lift problems or you might not.  With masks, you'd want them made specifically for your kit, and if making your own you'd have to make sure they measured up...  then you'd want to be able to share/sell them for all the effort you put in to have the curves right.

 

...either way, with all of those other Jasta tails out there, I probably won't be rushing back to Jasta 5 for a long time.

 

Gaz

[Ryan]

Thanks for sharing!  I actually bought Tamiya flexible tape JUST to look at how I might paint the red edges...

 

That stuff is really good, it makes painting 1/350 Russian sub waterlines very easy.

[CANicoll]

Definitely have to get those masks!

CN

[Gazzas]

Some ppl have mentioned problems with the Tamiya tape lifting.  To reduce lift, try using more than one piece of tape for the entire surface.  For instance on each side of the D.V rudder, I used three pieces of Tamiya Flexible tape to reduce tension.  I used four pieces on both sides of the elevator.  At the overlap I used a little bit of liquid mask to keep paint from getting under.

 

Call me cheap/frugal/paying a mortgage.  After a while I just don't want to buy every sort of upgrade available.

 

But I did just receive some HGW fabric seat belts for future WWI kits.

 

Gaz

[Fred Jack]

I have the Pheon stripes. They are great.