Mitch K Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I've just started my first kit for about 20 years (an AZ Bf-109G6) and an early bit of work was the instrument decal. I put it into water, waited and once it was mobile, started to slide it off the backing paper. At which point it shrivelled up and disintegrated! Compared to what I remember, these decals are incredibly thin. I used to use Modeldecal, MicroScale etc, which were OK, but these seem about molecule thick! I can busk the intrument panel by hand, but I don't fancy this happening on the wing crosses. Any suggestions? There might have been about 1ppm of flow improver in the water, but that's all. Should I give them a spray of clearcote to reinforce them, like I do with home-made decals? Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Microscale decal film seems to be the go to for this sort of thing, brushes on so easy(ish) to apply to only the decal & fairly quick drying. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Cheers! This seems like a plan. When I print my own for wargame minis, I use automotive clearcote to seal the decal paper. Is this a less "industrial" solution to the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter AZmodel/Admiral Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Please contact our company AZmodel / KP and within service will send you a new one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Please contact our company AZmodel / KP and within service will send you a new one. Why thank you! I would call this excellent customer service. I've hand painted the control panel now, and I'm going to stick with it, but I will take you up on your very generous offer, so that when it comes to applying markings I can't paint, I have some backup. Once again many thanks! Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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