Friday, April 3, 2015

TLP Pershing #K046 Build, Part 45A, Self Stick or Decals?

A comment from Jim on April 3,
"Found a build thread on the rocketry forum for the Estes Pershing complete with pictures of the kit parts and the orange decals are clearly the peel and stick type. However the author mentions that the instructions describe the stripes as water slides!"

Thanks Jim, I found the start of that build thread:
From November of 2008, MartkH did a build of the Estes Pershing on TRF. To see the build start, CLICK HERE
The parts picture shows the bright yellow-orange stripe sheet.

In post #5, Mark writes:
"Interestingly the original orange stripes in my kit are adhesive, but the adhesive is gone. The decal scans on Jimz site show the striping as water slides. Maybe the older versions were stick-ons, and Estes switched to water slide at some point? Also, the other decals (US ARMY, etc.) are water slides and look useable except that they are yellowed or almost brown looking. The scans at Jimz look the same."

Tbzep adds:
"Mine were paper stick-ons also."

The stripes I added are orange and not fluorescent orange. Oh well, close.

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