Got QUITE a bit further on the 757 since I last posted here, fellas. been so focused on getting the decals positioned right that I forgot to show off a bit.
here's the left side, which looks infinitely better than the right. I'm replacing the kit cabin windows with ones from Flying Colors detail decals. You can see on one of the windows that the shade is half drawn. Flying Colors decals added an extra feature in their detail decals by putting various drawn shade windows in. really cool idea
According to various photos, and a real TWA 757 safety card I saw on Ebay, TWA 757s did not have emergency exits over the wings. they had all of 4 exits on either side of the cabin. all forward or behind the wings. so I'm CAREFULLY scraping off the exit way decals on the wings
Going back in time, I had an accident which caused a big rip in the corrogard panel of the right wing. didn't have time to think of a way to fix it, so I went to work, throughout the day, I started to accept the fact that it may be unfixable, till later, I had a stroke of genius...I'd take some corrogard from underneath the wing and put it on top (the underside won't be seen, anyways) and now (in the previous pic where im scraping off the exit way decal) you can barely tell there was an accident
coming back forward in time the nose just looks like s*** because it flaked in some places, and there's no way of fixing it. unless I have the manufacturer send me a replacement set. asked them for it last night, and Im waiting on a reply.
and looking at the right side *shudders* it looks just...horrible. unless I get some replacement decals from Minicraft, it'll stay like that. and I probably used way too much decal solution or solvent....and it faded the paint in some spots. nothing unfixable, but I dang near lost my mind when I saw that @_@