Good effort on that Silver finish..
**** DONE: GB-51 1/72 Caproni Campini - No Propellers
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Donivanp
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Looks good from here Stu
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Of my three cats, two are long-hair, so it's everywhere around here.
I just have to think of them as little strands of love.
All frustrations aside, the finish is really looking good.
I just have to think of them as little strands of love.
All frustrations aside, the finish is really looking good.
Donivanp
Major
I must do ad I am told by my master! She rules a tight ship.
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fastmongrel
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My hairy boss
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fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
I have given up trying to get rid of the dust specs. They are now classed as extra rivets.
Donivanp
Major
Sweet kitty
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fastmongrel
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This kit has been annoying. It's such a combination of good quality and crap, the wings are perfect the fuselage particularly around the tail area looked like it was moulded using a shovel. The cockpit canopy was just a shapeless blob. Then we come to the decals they are nicely printed sharp and in register but all 4 wing decals are printed facing the same way. The Italian fascio axe blade should be handed to point to the wingtip. If I hadn't just been to the dentist I would grind my teeth.
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fastmongrel
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The 2 pairs of wing markings top left of the sheet. Two of them should point left and two right so the fascio axe blade can point to the wingtip. They all point right perfect for the right wing but wrong for the left wing.
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Donivanp
Major
Ok Stu I see what you are talking about, though I did have to look it up.
Have you tried printing your own? Decal paper and film and you can get what you want. Just a thought.
Have you tried printing your own? Decal paper and film and you can get what you want. Just a thought.
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fastmongrel
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My printer is a cheap nasty thing which usually causes me blood pressure problems when I try to use it 
Grasped...
The straboard top one ...
The starboard bottom one ...
The port top one ...
The port bottom one ...
Donivanp
Major
Looking at Wurger's post it looks like your decals are good.
Sorry Don, I can't agree. The decal markings for the port bottom and starboard top are correct. But those for the starboard bottom and port top markings should be reversed. However it is strange because the Valom kit no.72073 comes with the correct printed markings. I have notice that the kit number on the Stu's decal sheet is Valom 72053. There is sometning wrong with that because the Valom kit no. 72053 is the Yokosuka K5Y2 Willow.
the source: the net.
the source: the net.
I remember talking with somebody else here about a nice model of an Italian a/c but with wrong roundels. It's obviously not a single case and some of the kit manufacturers don't have a clue about the details.This kit has been annoying. It's such a combination of good quality and crap, the wings are perfect the fuselage particularly around the tail area looked like it was moulded using a shovel. The cockpit canopy was just a shapeless blob. Then we come to the decals they are nicely printed sharp and in register but all 4 wing decals are printed facing the same way. The Italian fascio axe blade should be handed to point to the wingtip. If I hadn't just been to the dentist I would grind my teeth.
You might be lucky in this case, because the Italian insignia (roundels) are transparent and not with a white background. I've done similar "magic" before with a swastika printed reversed. When working with the decals, just turn them "back to front"after taking them out of the water. You can still use the glue from the original decal but what I will do is "seal" the decals with some 'Future' on the model. Or what some people do, use 'Future' to glue the decal in place. I believe/hope there is no other colour under the black markings - sometimes when you reverse decals you see a different base colour.
You can give it a try with some of the black numbers you don't need. I hope it will work.
Cheers!
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fastmongrel
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I will give that a try tonight, I have nothing to lose. I have had a quick look and Italian fascist markings seem to be quite rare the earlier and later rondels seem to be much more common.
Good work so far!
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fastmongrel
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I have taken
CATCH 22
s suggestion of flipping two of the decals. I have put the flipped decals back onto the backing sheet and I am going to let them dry to see how they look. This should also allow some of the glue to coat what was the front of the decal.
CATCH 22
s suggestion of flipping two of the decals. I have put the flipped decals back onto the backing sheet and I am going to let them dry to see how they look. This should also allow some of the glue to coat what was the front of the decal.
