Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Now I see a problem. The colours used for the decals are very close indeed to the camouflage colours. I know it's supposed to be low visibility and low contrast but... See what you think about the markings on the tail. The uppersurface national insignia was totally indistinguishable from the upper wing colour, so I relocated it to the fuselage and replaced the insignia with a much darker iten from the spares box. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 56 minutes ago, Enzo Matrix said: Now I see a problem. The colours used for the decals are very close indeed to the camouflage colours. I had this exact problem with the Revell kit. You have no idea what colour the decals are 'supposed' to be, and they look slightly different when applied to how they look on the sheet. Why can't we standardise, people?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 35 minutes ago, Alan P said: You have no idea what colour the decals are 'supposed' to be, and they looks slightly different when applied to how they look on the sheet. ohhhhh... don't get me started!!! Thankfully it only seems to be a problem for naval aircraft in the TPS scheme. USAF F-15s won't be a problem as their national insignia and markings are usually in black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 yeap the same problem too on my Growler, I ended up using some of the kit decals because they sort of showed up, the AM ones just disappeared! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 I've given up!!! I persevered for a while with the decals but they simply didn't look right. So I have fallen back on the kit decals. The second option in the kit has the black tails and trim but a more muted squadron insignia. No yellow flashes. I have gone for that. At least we'll be able to see the insignia. I am still on a quest to build a model in the TPS scheme with no hi-vis markings. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 A bit more masking and spraying around the cockpit area... And then is was back to applying the decals - for the second time. Despite my disappointment about the way things turned out with Plan A, I rather like how Plan B looks. A bit of work on the undercarriage. And the jet is up and running. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 This will never not be a cool scheme 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Oooh, I'm liking that quite a lot. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Bravo! Lovely build Enzo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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