perdu Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 In the mean time it is time for Daco Strong I don't like these home brew decals, more thought is called for... But it's nice to have gotten beyond that wingroot fault at least. Probably whip them off and add a layer of Tamiya TS-79 for smoothness 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Beige, uh? That sounds like an idea... Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Hunters are looking fantastic. Can’t wait to see them under decals. (Sorry @giemme)🤪 I always use Tamiya top coat too but ts-13 for my working coats and 79 or ???80 something (matte) for the final coat. Is it the decal or the Daco strong? Maybe it’s just too much for it? Just a thought. Us black country blokes think thoughts occasionally. 😃 Jont. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 The decals are absolutely a huge disappointment Johnny mate How do you like this? I garnered a set of Airfix decals from the net, cripes! Even underneath there is no depth of colour, if we'd printed transfers this badly at Butcher's back in the day we'd have all got the push. The base white coat is too thin with no pigment in the base colour, even the squadron markings have caught skinny inks disease These are coming off unless I can find a good fit in my decals stash folder which might let me drop one over the other, what ever happens the squadron is due a change. Yukk 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 On the topic of decals I'm still disappointed with the Kestrel home brews and am taking another look at That would surely be well different and I might have suitable markings available... Where are the spare decals? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 3 hours ago, perdu said: and am taking another look at We likes, we likes a lot...... 👍 Yell if you need any decals for that one. T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 18 hours ago, perdu said: On the topic of decals I'm still disappointed with the Kestrel home brews Bill - I’ve used my own home-printed decals occasionally and generally they’ve been fine. I wouldn’t recommend using any kind of decal setting/softening solution, though, because they’re usually a bit more delicate than commercially printed ones. I have also found that trimming them too close to the print can sometimes cause the ink to run at the edges (presumably the water sneaks in under the top clear coat). Hindsight, and all that… 🤷 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Yeah sure enough I have had the same results but, on thinking about it this will be ok. So I am pressing ahead with the Cosford Kestrel. Oh joy, this means Terry can have the Yankee... 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 This is better with decent decals And And this seems ok to take a coat of red It was easier to pick up a handy Appliance White... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 All looking good to me, Bill! Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 A little later that day But Five's alive! It must be, I did put it on there but whilst I was fettling the underneath serials it slipped away... Still I am happy enough to finish this now and I was not sure I would ever be happy with it... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Ugly duck turning into a swan.... Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Those home brewed decals look fine from here! Definitely one you don't see every day. Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Those original Hunter decals I thought looked ok. Maybe if the white is thin a spot of paint over the top? Just for future as the new ones look spot on too. I love the kestrel. With those markings she reminds me of the Captain Scarlett interceptor, “Angel”? That tail flash is insane and amazing. 👌🙌 Jont 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: That tail flash is insane and amazing And I thought it was a barcode... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 The Kestrel looks wonderful Bill! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 Thanks Cookie, kinda happier with it now And with the Hunter, now and for ever it will remain with tactical blue red markings. After all who needs white???? This way I managed to use the other Airfix decals on the sheet and the squadron markings from the Matchbox kit that has become a Valley Girl. I did try out the blue red tac markings in the Matchbox kit but they were drastically out of register with huge white arcs around almost half the circles. Also the Kestrel now has home printed serials in 8 point and 16/sixteen point RAF_PW font. They cannot go out of register that way, I am off now to learn text manipulation in Open Office. Looks possibly easier than in MS Word, we'll see. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Proper job with those decals, Bill Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Ta muchly G, things moving slowly now. The wingtip outriggers will need re-imagining from the oddball shape presented with the P1127 kit and the actual legs on the aircraft but the only way to start that is to make the Kestrel sit up on its own two/three feet, so. The rather horrible front leg is UV resin fitted whilst the rear peg has been stupogooed and the pair of rear wheels fitted using Formula560 cockpit glue which may allow me some leeway when the outriggers are built up from about ten pieces each. I'll try that later. Ciao 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 some challenging engineering coming up then? Oh goody. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Looking very slick. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 37 minutes ago, hendie said: some challenging engineering coming up then? Oh goody. I suppose you think I know what I am doing. Might just be wrong tha knows... 🤤 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 1 hour ago, perdu said: I suppose you think I know what I am doing. We all know you have a magic wand and will just use it at a certain point.... Ciao 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Well, that's embarrassing... No, not the bogroll toilet paper, the Tripartite markings... I had forgotten this picture completely in the Warpaint book. Oh well I have just printed a new set of mirrored markings which should sort that out... A leetle bit larger too, as seen in the pic, oh well. I have begun adding the Revell markings to the GR5 too, a bit at a time allowing the Daco Strong to have time to work between pieces of gripping areas. It's an all over fumble fingers of a jet and I am not keen to have to redo any decals that get messed up by fumbling fingies. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Looks as though there were no vg's too! Well spotted though. Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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