Stathis Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 (edited) I always wanted to built a Hellenic Spitfire. One day I saw the decals made by Tiger Head and I decided to built the MH558 with the word ''Mystras'' on the nose. Here you can read about Mystras: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystras The plane that I will built was flown by George Smyrniotopoulos. The finished plane will look like this This is the kit. So far I didn't do much. Trying to make holes Really nice but time consuming cockpit The kit has a decal for the instrument panel. Fortunately, Eduard provides a panel with raised detail. So, I used floor polish as gloss varnish on the panel. When it dried, I used Gunze Setter at first. Then I put the decal on the panel and gently squeezed air with kitchen tissue. And almost immediately I put on some Softer with a brush. I left it all night in a little box and today I saw a great looking panel! And something for the photos: I followed the forum's instructions on how to post photographs. I saw that this forum is quite different to an other one where I am a member. The photos here don't appear in a small window. If there is a way to post them smaller and to have them opened in greater window by clicking on them, please let me know. Edited September 14, 2014 by Stathis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Hi Stathis. Nice start to an interesting looking project. That decal for the IP worked really well. Looking forward to seeing more of this. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulH Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Nice work Stathis - looks a really interesting subject - got me tempted now as I love greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Could be tempted to try getting this scheme. Who makes decals for it? Something special about teeth on a fighter plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybookcase Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Incredible detail on the instrument panel. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 AMAZING detailing work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stathis Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Thanks guys! Alan, the decals are from Tiger Head Decals. Here is their web page: http://www.tigerheaddecals.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stathis Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 After three years I am back to this topic, but with bad news. The decals from Tiger Head are wrong. The roundels are too small and the shark teeth too big!! I am in search of roundels. Or I will paint them myself as I have ordered a tool to cut circles from masking tape. And of course I will paint the shark teeth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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