Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good stuff.
Just a quick note of caution for the Fantasy Print Shop decals, as I've just used some of their Luftwaffe code letter decals on my He-111 in the last GB. Whilst they perform very well, care is needed, as each letter / number is an individual character, that is, it is not on a rectangle of carrier film, but has the film closely following the outline of the character. This means that extra care is needed when handling / applying each decal, to avoid it folding over on itself or otherwise creasing.
They seemed to take some time to settle, but did eventually conform very well.
However, even though I applied these to a very glossy surface, once settled and with a clear matt coat applied, some very slight silvering could be seen around the thin carrier film edges, which was not evident on the gloss surface !
This can only be seen at certain angles, close up, under certain lighting conditions (camera flash shows it up at some angles), and it was on a dark background, which probably didn't help. (the other decals, a mixture of kit decals and from the spares files, did not show any silvering).
On a 'bare metal' finish, this might not be a problem, although with time, some discolouration may show the thin film outline.
The pics below show this before the matt clear coat, and after, with the black letter 'S' showing slight silvering.
Just a quick note of caution for the Fantasy Print Shop decals, as I've just used some of their Luftwaffe code letter decals on my He-111 in the last GB. Whilst they perform very well, care is needed, as each letter / number is an individual character, that is, it is not on a rectangle of carrier film, but has the film closely following the outline of the character. This means that extra care is needed when handling / applying each decal, to avoid it folding over on itself or otherwise creasing.
They seemed to take some time to settle, but did eventually conform very well.
However, even though I applied these to a very glossy surface, once settled and with a clear matt coat applied, some very slight silvering could be seen around the thin carrier film edges, which was not evident on the gloss surface !
This can only be seen at certain angles, close up, under certain lighting conditions (camera flash shows it up at some angles), and it was on a dark background, which probably didn't help. (the other decals, a mixture of kit decals and from the spares files, did not show any silvering).
On a 'bare metal' finish, this might not be a problem, although with time, some discolouration may show the thin film outline.
The pics below show this before the matt clear coat, and after, with the black letter 'S' showing slight silvering.