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peebeep · Guest

I think Maskol actually has more solvent in it which makes it more prone to attacking plastic or painted surfaces! I gave up using it when I tried masking disruptive camo like the Spitfire here and it discoloured all the paint underneath it. It wouldn't be a factor now as I protect all painted surfaces with Klear prior to any masking, but I got out of the habit of using liquid masking.

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peebeep · Guest

Masking off, with only a couple of small areas that need making good. The result makes the effort expended worthwhile. Coated up with two lots of Klear, which the green is absorbing like a sponge!

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 20 Jun 2008 14:43 pm Post subject:

Splendid

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peebeep · Guest

Decals on but no other progress. The decals went on without any problems using my now standard method of placing them on wet Klear and are robust enough to withstand a degree of handling. They have shrunk back very tight to the surface of the model and apart from a small amount of visible carrier film look painted on. The yellow and red can be seen as a matrix when viewed from very close up and close inspection reveals a degree of translucence, but otherwise look fine at normal viewing distances. Whilst they are not top notch quality it would be difficult to argue that they are not fit for purpose.

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TopGun · Posted: Tue 24 Jun 2008 22:15 pm Post subject:

Awesome job so far
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I put in a finishing burst over the weekend, here she is:

I will post more pics in the gallery.

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Richard M · Posted: Mon 30 Jun 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

Very nice, the spit looks almost odd with the two blade prop, but I really like that style of roundels!
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peebeep · Guest

The roundels won me over early on! I'm planning to do the Hawk 'special' to stand along side it.

One snag with the roundels is that I think they are printed slightly too large - they shouldn't break the aileron hinge line. I'm pretty certain I have the right position at the leading edge.

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stuzzar · Posted: Mon 30 Jun 2008 12:37 pm Post subject:

Great job

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TopGun · Posted: Mon 30 Jun 2008 23:53 pm Post subject:

Awesome
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