Thursday, December 31, 2020

Estes Saturn 1B, #7251 Build, Part 33, More Decals

I understand these are "camera focus" markers. 
They are tiny! You don't want to be fishing these off the bottom of your decal soaking dish. 
TIPS: Your soak water shouldn't be deep. Using tweezers - float these on the surface of the water, don't submerge them.
On the right, the decal is out of the water, slid halfway off the backing paper. Set it into position on the model, then slide out the backing paper.






The small decals are in position along with the single line of vertical black boxes.
TIPS: Here's a flashback to the old Centuri instructions. In the original Saturn V and Saturn 1B kits, you are supplied with a fin decal number position template.

I made my own out of cardstock. A fin tracing is on both sides.
The corner is cut out for decal positioning.  

 

With the template placed into the root edge corner -
You can check the position of the lower left and lower right sides of the decals.

Build time:
Place decals: 60 minutes
Total build time so far: 25 hours, 55 minutes

1 comment:

  1. thank you very helpfule
    i need a copy of the decal sheet mine was damage

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