THERE TO STIFF(ooooh eerr)

[copey]

Hello peeps ,

I'm building acads 1/32 F-18, and the decals for the sidewinders are to stiff ,, they won't wrap around the missiles I even treid soaking them in hot water hoping that would soften them up.. but to no avail.

so I was wondering if any one has any hints or suggestions

any help is welcome

Mark

[Mark M]

?set & sol

[copey]

Tried that first, even tried just using micro sol .. bloody things keep peeling away

Mark

Edited September 20, 2009 by copey

[Notdoneyet]

Mark,

Lay the decals down over a patch of wet Future/Klear - surface tension will suck the decal down for that "painted on" look.

HTH,

Ian

[Julien]

If the kleart does not work then you can use thin liquid cement, yes GLUE this does work but is dangerous, you only get one go at it so have to get the decal in the right place first time. Also better on a good topcoat.

Other option is to paint on the markings (ie for the coloured rings) its a pain but looks good.

Julien

[Alan P]

Bad luck Mark, the Acad decals are well known in earlier boxings of the kit as being as brittle and pliable as walkers crisps.

If the Klear trick doesn't work (it should, that's how i got them to stick eventually) you might have to bite the bullet and go for the TwoBobs stencils HERE

Here's hoping for better luck,

Al

[Nobby]

Try using Tamiya thinners mate....See my thread here-

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52002

Hope it helps you!