LSP_Kevin Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 That's a shame, Piero, as it was looking so good! Good luck with your repaint. Kev Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Hello, my Fulcrum is back in full Czech's camouflage colors! This machine will be the Czech's 5918. Not even two Czech's Fulcrum had the same camouflage pattern... why???? This time I hope to be a little more lucky with the Tally Oh!'s decals... CIAO! Piero johncrow, Paul in Napier, scvrobeson and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Looks very nice! Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Excellent recovery Piero! Matt Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Sorry to read about your decal challenges, thats so frustrating. It will be an awesome model in the end. Cheers, Marcel Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 What a quick and clean recovery...although it must have been painful! Too bad about the Techmod decals, they do seem to be a gamble...sometimes they're fine, other times not so much. What a lot of extra work, but glad you carried on with it. It looks amazing so far. Richard Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Hello, after a thin layer of Tamiya X-22 Clear Gloss, I've applied a dark wash all over the model. Now I have to put another couple of thin layers of Clear Gloss than it should be ready for decals. CIAO! Piero Iain, allthumbs, Anthony in NZ and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 This model is cursed... After the usual decal process of clear gloss, micro set and sol, again clear gloss and than clear flat... here the result. I don't know what's happened... all decal's film is visible and extremely flat. Before spraying the clear flat here's how the decals looked... they were fine to me. Now I'm very disappointed at least... I think I'll throw it away from my balcony at 5th floor... damn!!! Never again Begemont decals for me. scvrobeson, Paul in Napier, themongoose and 7 others 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Piero, that's quite a setback I don't trust any decals adhesive for a long time, no matter what brand. I use Future Floor Polish as an adhesive, because the same has happened to me before. As soon as the decal starts to release from the backing paper after dipped in water, i add a drop or two of Future to it and make sure that it goes underneath the decal. It sticks very well and and no more silvering. I even place a drop of Future on the surface of the model to ensure proper adhesion. Future dries very quickly, so have something at hand to soak up the excess. Seeing that the decals are sandwiched between clear layers of varnish, you can sand them off with very fine water sandpaper, and apply new decals Don't give up, your model looks great. Cheers, John Landrotten Highlander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Nooooooooo.... please repair this as it will look so good when complete. Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsahling1 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Apologies if you had previously mentioned which gloss and flat coats you had used. But I use mostly acrylic paints, either Mr Hobby or Tamiya most of the time and then use Tamiya X-22 for the gloss coat (and then to seal the decals again) and Vallejo acrylic Matt Varnish with vallejo acrylic thinner and I haven't had silvering problems with the decals. I'm sure other people here might have some good ideas on how to fix it, but would spraying some gloss coat over the decals get rid of the silvering and then use a different flat coat? Sorry it didn't turn out how you were hoping. I once ruined a big decal on the tail of a 1/32 F-15 with Walters solvaset that literally melted it off. Rockie Yarwood and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, dsahling1 said: "I'm sure other people here might have some good ideas on how to fix it, but would spraying some gloss coat over the decals get rid of the silvering and then use a different flat coat?" This sounds like it could be worth a try,......I would probably try this first and see if it worked. Jeff. Edited April 22, 2021 by JT68 scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Really sorry about your misfortune with decals but an amazing workmanship and painting - please, please don't bin it Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Hi Piero - really sorry to read your last post on this. I've just gone through the thread as I was looking for a Review of the Trumpeter MiG-29A - and your findings/corrections have been *really* useful! What was the ending - a final flight from the 5th floor - or have you put it to one side? Such beautiful work - a real shame about the decals... Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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