Agree with you there Evan!
ICM 1/48 Bf 109F-4
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T Bolt
Colonel
Wonderful camo job!! Bet it took you a wile!
Crimea_River
Marshal
With all.
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Peebs
Senior Airman
Well, I've just spent the most frustrating of hours battling with what is undoubtedly the worst decal sheet I've ever encounted!
Think i'll just salvage what i can, chalk it it up to experience, have a go at some detailing and weathering that I've not tried before, then hide it at the back of the cabinet!!
Think i'll just salvage what i can, chalk it it up to experience, have a go at some detailing and weathering that I've not tried before, then hide it at the back of the cabinet!!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Hope it works out OK.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Oh man, that sux.
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Peebs
Senior Airman
the larger decals look ok at a distance, but up close as you can see they are very very ordinary..
some of the smaller ones just disintegrated especially the red dotted line for the wing walks... will soldier on and add to it it what survives... it still looks ok... I did contemplate masking the 'crosses' off and painting over them, as well as the yellow 4 so it is the same yellow as the campaign stripe.
Mr Mark softer did nothing to the decals either, i added a second coat and gently ran a toothpick over them to get bring out the panel lines.
I came across a 1:32 decal set on a website so maybe I'll revisit this particular plane in 1:32 scale at some stage down the track.
cheers
pete
some of the smaller ones just disintegrated especially the red dotted line for the wing walks... will soldier on and add to it it what survives... it still looks ok... I did contemplate masking the 'crosses' off and painting over them, as well as the yellow 4 so it is the same yellow as the campaign stripe.
Mr Mark softer did nothing to the decals either, i added a second coat and gently ran a toothpick over them to get bring out the panel lines.
I came across a 1:32 decal set on a website so maybe I'll revisit this particular plane in 1:32 scale at some stage down the track.
cheers
pete
Catch22
Major
Still looks pretty darn good to me!
yeah looks pretty good to me as well.
had the very same issues with the decals from my ICM Spitfire IX kit, decals just perished as i tried to get them off the backing paper only managed to use the roundels !!!!!
had the very same issues with the decals from my ICM Spitfire IX kit, decals just perished as i tried to get them off the backing paper only managed to use the roundels !!!!!
A4K
Colonel
Shame about the decals mate, but still looks good I reckon. If you really don't like them , maybe someone has spares here? (What size are the Balkenkreuz for example?)
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Yep, decals are certainly not ICM's strong point! They don't look too bad though. Just give the model a couple of more clear gloss coats, to even-out the overall finish, and you'll probably find the decals look a lot better. When fully set, then apply the semi-matt coat.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Nothing wrong with that Pete.
Hopefully Terry's suggestion will help....
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Peebs
Senior Airman
Ok, I took it very very gently and managed to get most of the decals in place. Only had a few expire totally. Shame about the upper wing walk markings, they broke into a million pieces.
Added a couple of clear coats over everything and it looks ok! how bad does my clear coat look in macro though???
looking forward to some weathering as I've never tried before, going to use chalk pastel/water mix. If it looks terrible I'll be able to rub it off and start again.
cheers
pete
Added a couple of clear coats over everything and it looks ok! how bad does my clear coat look in macro though???
looking forward to some weathering as I've never tried before, going to use chalk pastel/water mix. If it looks terrible I'll be able to rub it off and start again.
cheers
pete
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Nicely done!
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Peebs
Senior Airman
ok first ever attempt at weathering...... I may have been a little heavy handed but it definately looks like its been out n about!
going to tackle the upside now.......
going to tackle the upside now.......
Nice!
