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10-06-2009, 05:41 PM
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| AAAAAAAARGH dodgy decals! What to do? I'm working on a Royal Indian Airforce Spit like this one:  The kit is Fujimi, which is fine and dandy, and I've put a fair bit of work into up to this stage. I'm using Model Alliance decals from their "late Griffon PR" sheet, which are great quality and all that... but some of the decals are completely the wrong size!  The "96" marking, striking as it is, is way too big, which I could probably live with, but the fin flash is so small it looks comical. It's not even like they're shown the wrong size on the profile supplied with the sheet. Now I'm not a rivet counter by any means but something resembling dimensional accuracy would be nice. What am I supposed to do, measure every decal before even starting the kit? I feel like just writing the bloody thing off. :evil  |
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10-06-2009, 05:48 PM
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| Of what scale is the model?
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10-06-2009, 06:40 PM
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| it's 1/72. I think the "96" is 1/48 and the fin flash is 1/144...  |
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10-06-2009, 06:41 PM
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| THe fin flash isn't any problem. Can you remove both incorrect fin flashes from the fin sides?
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10-06-2009, 06:57 PM
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10-06-2009, 07:02 PM
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| Do you have no longer wanted pieces of decal sheet?.Also any areas of decal sheets where decal markings aren't printed usually.Most of them are margins of decal sheets.
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10-06-2009, 07:12 PM
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| I've got liads of bits and pieces of decal sheets I could use... |
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10-06-2009, 07:14 PM
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| Do you use an airbrush or a brush for painting? I mean if you have an airbrush.. 
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10-06-2009, 07:23 PM
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| No airbrush, just a variety of hairy sticks! See shockingly amateurish paintwork in my close-up snap... |
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10-06-2009, 07:26 PM
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| No problem. Your painting looks very nice even if it was made with a brush. Wait for a while for my piece of advice.
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10-06-2009, 07:32 PM
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10-06-2009, 08:01 PM
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| OK. Here you are. The first step is to find out the fin flesh dimensions.Use a ruler for that.You need dimensions for rectangle so it shouldn't be difficult for you.
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10-06-2009, 08:12 PM
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| Step second, take the unwanted pieces of decal sheets.
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10-06-2009, 08:15 PM
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| Step third, pencil the fin flash on the free piece of a decal sheet.
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10-06-2009, 08:16 PM
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| Step fourth, apply with a brush a gloss cote at the fin flash area.
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