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Hi All Does Humbrol Decalfix eat through Humbrol Matt Cote the way it does Humbrol Clear Gloss Varnish? As a complete noob to modelling I picked up what products fell to hand from the model shop or Hobbycraft; Humbrol being a name I recognised I went with their products on the assumption they would work and complement each other. Having carefully painted my first ever model I glossed it with Humbrol Clear Gloss Varnish and was quite happy with how it had worked; then I discovered what others already knew- Humbrol Decalfix eats Humbrol Clear Gloss varnish...to me this seems monumentally stupid from Humbrol, but as an ingenue what do I know... Once I'd repaired the damage and wrestled the decals into place I varnished the model with Humbrol Matt Cote (which has given it quite a nice matt finish I think). I've seen on the Humbrol Youtube the use of weathering powders mixed with decalfix to add weathering to a model and I fancy having a go at that (as a newbie the ability to wash it off again if it goes wrong is attractive) but, will the decalfix eat the Humbrol Matt cote in the same way it does the Clear leaving me another disaster to rectify (self-made calamities while trying new techniques I can live with). Thanks A
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Hello everyone, So I finally got around to building my spitfire! Total time it took is under a week including drying, sleeping etc. This is my first build ever, I am now going to start on the Airfix 737. Let me know what you think I used the paints provided in the kit except for Revell Aqua aluminium for bits of the landing gear. I used UHU for to glue the canopy to the body. There's a pilot inside. Also, I used decalfix for the decals, decalfix worked amazingly well I'd say. Lastly sealed everything in with two thin coats of Revell Aqua Gloss. [Thanks to everyone who helped me out with this build over at another thread ] See below the pictures of the final product : That's it. Let me know what you think! I'm going to be building the Airfix 737-200 soon, so let me know what I can improve on. I'll start a new build thread tomorrow or something for the 737 in the airliners section . Cheers, Hamdhan
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Hi All I've started appying decals to my 1/72 Airfix Typhoon IB and hit a small snag with the leading edge wing decals. These are the yellow strips which stretch along the leading edge from the outer tip of the wing to the cannons. Problem is even using Humbrol DecalFix the decals don't seem to become soft enough to fold over the wing - maybe I need to soak them for longer ? Any advice appreciated ! Cheers
