davefr Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Newbie to the forum here. My dad was a B-26 Marauder pilot and I'm building a Hasegawa 1/72 B-26 in memory of him. It's time to choose a decal sheet and there are many choices. Of these three brands, is there one that's better quality in ease of application? What about graphics? I'm by no means a pro modeler but I've found some decals are a joy to use and others are terrible. Which aftermarket set would you choose? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 All have some problems some times but I'd go Xtradecal before the others every time. Often they are more accurate. I have some Printscale which are not only inaccurate in colours but also in sizes of things like roundels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, Black Knight said: All have some problems some times but I'd go Xtradecal before the others every time. Often they are more accurate. I have some Printscale which are not only inaccurate in colours but also in sizes of things like roundels Agree in every particular, especially that they all have problems at times. I have at least 2 Xtradecal Marauder sheets and haven't found anything wrong with them - yet! I also remember Printscale as difficult to apply (either a tendency to curl up or very tough, I can't remember now) but they may well have improved in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 hours ago, davefr said: I'm building a Hasegawa 1/72 B-26 in memory of him. Wonderful thing to do. Are you planning to do a plane that he flew in? Another thumbs up from me for xtradecal for ease of use. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 My experience of PrintScale* is very thin, curls up like a millipede. You must use decalfix or similar, and slide the decal off the paper with a wet flat brush, preferably on target. Practice with spares on an old kit. Xtradecal and Kits World have been fine, though again, be prepared to use a fixing solution to float stuff into place. *I have examples that are out of scale also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefr Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Mark Harmsworth said: Wonderful thing to do. Are you planning to do a plane that he flew in? Another thumbs up from me for xtradecal for ease of use. Mark Yes, kind of. His airplane was called "The Sad Sack!". I've found someone that will make me decals of just the name of the airplane for the nose. For all the other decals I'm just going to use standard decals. Edited January 14, 2022 by davefr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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