ivanmoe Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) Looking at some decals from FFSMC: https://ffsmc-productions.com/product/arado-ar-196-196-maquille-en-avion-francais/ Any thoughts on their products would be appreciated. Edited October 18, 2022 by ivanmoe LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Hmmm....interesting. The Ar 196 certainly is appealing. However, I will wait for more feedback... Mark Proulx ivanmoe and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I used FFSMC decals on a Roden SPAD not long ago. My experiences with the decals are noted on the 6th page. https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=12387.0 Not sure if the link works. May have to paste into your browser. Kagemusha, chrish, Mark P and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Interesting.... I think I'm going to pass. Mark Proulx ivanmoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 40 minutes ago, kensar said: I used FFSMC decals on a Roden SPAD not long ago. My experiences with the decals are noted on the 6th page. https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=12387.0 Not sure if the link works. May have to paste into your browser. Terrific SPAD. chrish, LSP_K2, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 11 hours ago, kensar said: I used FFSMC decals on a Roden SPAD not long ago. My experiences with the decals are noted on the 6th page. https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=12387.0 Not sure if the link works. May have to paste into your browser. Your SPAD looks great. Final verdict on the decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Mark P said: Interesting.... I think I'm going to pass. Mark Proulx I certainly understand your concern, particularly after reading the comments regarding the SPAD build. However, I’m as yet unsure of exactly what it is that FFSMC is selling. The product link describes the decals as being “diecut.” I could be wrong, but isn’t that term typically assigned to dry-transfer technology, rather than conventional water-slide decals? Need more information. Edited October 21, 2022 by ivanmoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, ivanmoe said: The product link describes the decals as being “diecut.” I could be wrong, but isn’t that term typically assigned to dry-transfer technology, rather than conventional water-slide decals? "Die-cut" would normally suggest paint masks to me, but "including all the technical stencils" tends to argue against that. But the actual scale of the decals is ambiguous, too, as the breadcrumb trail lists them as 1/144. There's an option to choose from multiple scales, but that drop-down menu is labelled "Ladder", which doesn't really make sense, and is probably a translation issue. Might be best to email them directly for clarification. Kev ivanmoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 12 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Terrific SPAD. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 6 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: "Die-cut" would normally suggest paint masks to me, but "including all the technical stencils" tends to argue against that. But the actual scale of the decals is ambiguous, too, as the breadcrumb trail lists them as 1/144. There's an option to choose from multiple scales, but that drop-down menu is labelled "Ladder", which doesn't really make sense, and is probably a translation issue. Might be best to email them directly for clarification. Kev In French, ladder and scale are the same word ("echelle"). I guess this explains that! LSP_Kevin and ivanmoe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 44 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: In French, ladder and scale are the same word ("echelle"). I guess this explains that! I guess it does! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Let me add to the information. The decals look like they are ink jet printed onto a continuous sheet of decal film. Then it looks like the images are diecut on the sheet, leaving a small edge of clear decal around the images, like typical waterslide decals. The decals are the waterslide type. The only issue I had was the density of the image colors appears to be inconsistent, with some more translucent than others. On the SPAD, this wasn't a real problem, but one can see the blue edge on the two chicken decals were not exactly the same color after applied to the model. I have not seen decals made this way before. ivanmoe and LSP_Kevin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) Link to my posting of the completed SPAD here on LSP: I would use these decals again, but I would consider what model they are going on. The translucence may be a problem. Edited October 22, 2022 by LSP_Kevin Fixed broken link ivanmoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 Ken, Thank you very much for sharing your experience with the FFSMC decals. I went ahead and ordered a set for an Arado floatplane in KM livery, as the LSP "aftermarket machine" apparently never went into action on behalf of the Revell product. Even Eduard barely touched the kit. As a result, It appears that the French maker is the ONLY source of decals for a German Ar 196 in 1/32. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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