Decal Help !

[Tailwheel]

Hi All

Any help and advice gratefully received,

Just finishing Tamiya Lola T160 in Team Surtees colours but have found that the decals are disintegrating pretty much straight away. Is it possible to source replacements ?

TIA

Dave

[Tzulscha]

Dunno about replacements short of contacting Tamiya or hunting the interwebs, but you might be able to salvage disintegrating decals using a clear coating over the sheet.

I don't know if you can get this over in the UK but I use Microscale Liquid decal film.

Brush one layer over the old decals and you have new carrier film.

I've salvaged 60 year old decals using this stuff...

[Tailwheel]

Many thanks for the tip .I did not know about liquid carrier film (or even seen it in the UK ) but can see the possibilities ! The trouble is , the original decal sheet is covered with minute wrinkles ,which I thought could be overcome by careful wetting but it just 'shattered' like a sheet of glass!!

I'll have a look on internet .but may leave it in unmarked condition ,pretending this is how Big John himself saw it in the Lola showroom...(lol )

Dave

[Red 5]

google bestbalsakits , based in Belgium , not cheap but great when needing hard to find stuff , they also sell on ebay , I`ve used them a few times and the service is very good.

Richy

[Tailwheel]

Thanks Red 5 .Checked it out but unlucky !

Great site..What a lad....Takes his work seriously then !

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