Saturday, July 11, 2020

Estes Mars Longship Build #7296, Part 12, Still More Decals

The wide solar panel decals go around the ring, between the ring plates.
Note the small space between the card stock plate and left edge of the blue decal. Earlier I mentioned the importance of using the marking and placement illustration in the instructions.
If you marked the ring and spaced the fins correctly you should have good spacing of the blue solar panel decals.



Try a dry fit of the fin decals before soaking to figure out the spacing.

The left picture shows the decal placement in the instructions. On the right is the box picture.






Here's how I set the fin decals trying to find the best visual spacing.





I don't do overall clear coats on decals.

The solar panel decal edges are right on the edge of the ring tube. These ends could curl and peel.
I did do a wipe of Future along the edges to be sure they stayed down.

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