Mistakes sometimes lead to solutions and better techniques.
That's better! Two red fins and one white fin.
I did another mask down the root edge fillet.
I thought I would do the white vertical stripes using a clear decal sheet sprayed with white paint. You end up sliding off a trimmed coat of paint and applying that onto the model.
It's worked before - not this time!
When cutting spray painted decal sheets you have to do very light surface cuts. The paint can chip if you are too aggressive.
The wide band at the top wrapped fine. (See below)
The vertical strips didn't adhere well. Maybe the white spray paint was too thick to roll down the body tube.
This shows the upper band, it adhered pretty well.
A second try at the vertical stripes was done with white electrical tape.
The long body decal looked translucent next to the upper band. This tape line was pulled and thrown away.
When I find one -
I'll have to try again later with a white backed decal sheet, not the sprayed clear sheet.
White trim Monokote!
ReplyDeleteHi Chris,
ReplyDeleteI agree! That would have been a better way to go. I use a lot of trim Monokote anyway. A decal layer is often about as thick as a coat of paint. Trim Monokote might have looked too thick on a model this size.
I've used white decals under a second layer of decal before where the white didn't show up so translucent.
I'm still learning how to make this all work. Upcoming blog posts will show the solution.
?Thins? don't always go as planned? ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Jim,
DeleteIt's corrected! "Thins" (things) didn't show up on spell check.