warhawk Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Hello, I am building these two spits, both NMF (Camouflage has been stripped down) Were the stencils re-applied after paint removal, i.e. should I apply them on my models? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I very much doubt that they'd have all been religiously re-applied, but certain important ones might have- I suggest picking some you think would be especially important to erks, and leaving off the rest. That would be MY excuse, anyway! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 (edited) The Israeli aircraft was not in natural metal but painted silver as it was part of a batch obtained from the Italian Air Force and retained the Italian overall silver scheme with dark green antiglare panel. Italian silver painted Spitfires in any case carried no stencils, so you can leave this off from a model of this aircraft Edited November 8, 2017 by Giorgio N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I didn’t bother with stencils when I did uf-q mate. Plus I went for a dirty cowl as opposed to ‘left in camo paint’ Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 My thinking is anything repainted (unless refurbished by Supermarine) or stripped is unlikely to have the stencils. Good thing too as I've just lost two evenings of my modelling life doing the stencils on the 1/72 Tr.9 - on the assumption that it would be fully factory finished on sale to the Dutch AF. Regarding UFQ, I'm going to do it with no stencils (in fact I think I'll prioritise stripped and repainted ones from now on so as to avoid them! and the camo cowl 'cos it looks nice. I'll also do it clipped as per Revell 1/32 instructions and a caption in an Alfred Price book of the one and only photo of the plane as Eduard must have used but decided its full span???? Cheers Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warhawk Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 2 hours ago, Giorgio N said: The Israeli aircraft was not in natural metal but painted silver as it was part of a batch obtained from the Italian Air Force and retained the Italian overall silver scheme with dark green antiglare panel. Italian silver painted Spitfires in any case carried no stencils, so you can leave this off from a model of this aircraft Thanks. That clears the dilemma with the Israeli. Also, thanks to others for suggestions for the MJ250, I might apply just the most important stencils at the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Not that it is specific to the question here, but someone on the forum has a sig line saying something to the effect that "life is too short to apply stencils". This is rapidly becoming my motto as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Bunker Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 That's me, and it is! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Can't even read them in 1/72 Mmm, is that upside down or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm currently decalling a 1/72 Spitfire Vb and doing all the underside stencils. Let's just say the language coming out of the man cave would make a sailor blush. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Smithy, you're not supposed to read them aloud! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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