**** DONE: No. 175 Squadron Hawker Typhoon Mk. 1B

[dirkpitt289]

Here is tonight's update

As you may remember the sky stripe decal disintegrated when I tried to apply it which led me to having to paint it on.

Not to bad I'm happy with it.

Then ole Murphy reared his ugly head. You all know Murphy he wrote these laws...

I think it's safe to say this one is in the books. No way I'll be getting replacement decals before the deadline. It's a shame no build that was going this good should end like this.

 

[dirkpitt289]

Here is tonight's update

As you may remember the sky stripe decal disintegrated when I tried to apply it which led me to having to paint it on.

Not to bad I'm happy with it.

Then ole Murphy reared his ugly head. You all know Murphy he wrote these laws...

I think it's safe to say this one is in the books. No way I'll be getting replacement decals before the deadline. It's a shame no build that was going this good should end like this.

 

[T Bolt]

AAUGH!! is right Dirk! I feel for you man. That happened to me on a Bristol Bulldog a few years back and I was so disgusted I put it back in the box and its still there. If you could scrounge up a couple of roundels you might be able to mask and paint the codes, but make sure you do the codes before the decals.

I just checked my spars box and came up with something that might work for you. The roundel is the right style and the same size as the one on my 1/72nd Airfix Typhoon. If you want to try to mask the codes send me your address my email and I'll send them to you tomorrow

 

[dirkpitt289]

AAUGH!! is right Dirk! I feel for you man. That happened to me on a Bristol Bulldog a few years back and I was so disgusted I put it back in the box and its still there. If you could scrounge up a couple of roundels you might be able to mask and paint the codes, but make sure you do the codes before the decals.

I just checked my spars box and came up with something that might work for you. The roundel is the right style and the same size at the one on my 1/72nd Airfix Typhoon. If you want to try to mask the codes send me your address my email and I'll send them to you tomorrow

Dude, you're brilliant! I have the same Airfix Typhoon in my stash. I'm still boned for the proper fuselage codes but a tad better then I am right now.

 

[T Bolt]

Good luck with it man, you still have almost 2 weeks!

 

[dirkpitt289]

I did some cleanup

 

[ozhawk40]

Pity about the decals DP. Let's hope you can get it sorted.

Cheers

Peter

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I really feel for you Dirk, decal are the bane of my life. Good luck mate, you can do it.

 

[Airframes]

What a sod of a thing to happen! If it was 1/48th scale, I could provide decals for the codes. I'll have a look anyway, as I might have the correct letters in 1/72nd scale, but doubtful.

 

[dirkpitt289]

Thanks Terry but I just got back from the LHS where I bought the same kit again. The good thing is the kit comes with 2 sets of codes so I can always build the new kit with the other decals.

 

[Airframes]

Nice one mate!

 

[dirkpitt289]

I want to do a MTO bird but if I do I will still need to go out and get new decals. Its never ending.

Does anyone have any suggestion how I can clean up the ghost images of the HH on the fuselage?

 

[kgambit]

Does anyone have any suggestion how I can clean up the ghost images of the HH on the fuselage?

If it's coated with Future, try taking a cotton swab that's been lightly dipped in Windex and GENTLY rub it over the area. Keep rubbing until you see just a bit of the underlying paint appear on the swab - it won't take much to get to that point. At that stage, the future gloss coat should be off - at least from that area. Repeat until you have the desired area cleaned up. Then re-paint / re-airbrush the camo over that small area and after the paint has dried, reapply the gloss coat. That's what I had to do for the Hs 123 when the setting solution reacted with the future.

Or you can lightly sand the area with the ghost images, repaint and then reapply the gloss coat.

 

[dirkpitt289]

The decals from the new kit are just as bad as the originals. They are ugly but they are in place.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

That's some good info Dwight, I had a similar problem of over spray with 'One Go' (Future to you guys) and have been lost for what to do to remove it, I must remember the Windex trick and see how it works.

 

[A4K]

Sorry to hear about the decals Dirk. If the new ones still aren't up to scratch, I'm sure you can find an aftermarket set somewhere. 'Tally Ho!' do alot of Tiffie and Tempest markings for example.

 

[Wayne Little]

Jeez....some bad luck there Dirk....hope you get it sorted mate!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Decals have always been my downfall. Somedays I would be happy with the really thick peel and stick ones

 

[109ROAMING]

Nice cleanup work Dirk , always found decals the 'bastard part'

Look forward to more on it

 

[dirkpitt289]

Thanks everone for the kind words and the support. I'll have more photos soon... I hope