With the decals going on I wanted to take just a moment to comment on them. The decals that come in the box are a combination of water slide and vinyl. The nose art decals are water slide and get applied to a compound curve. Needless to say they are not very flexible and if you have never used WS decals before you could be in for a frustrating experience. I applied the Tiger Shark decals for my subject livery and had to trial fit them to the best of my abilities to pre-trim them to fit around the gun. If you take your time you will get it just like I did but I had to also cut the decals into sections or slit them to overlap. The goal her being no wrinkles.
The vinyl decals can be trimmed and slit to fit contours as well. Most all of the text and detail decals are a dark gray, almost black color which unfortunately rendered then invisible against the darker colors of my particular scheme so I ended up using a combination of decals from the kit, some I made myself and some from Callie Graphics. I had to make the 'I' just ahead of the refueling port because Callie's was way too big and the one that came in the box was not the right style for my model. I also made my own refueling port
Overall the paint stuck very well that I applied directly to the original gray paint. I do think wiping it down with alcohol helped and being very careful to keep my bare fingers off of it during the process. Wearing Nytrile gloves if you do have to handle it makes a huge difference. So far I am liking how this is turning out.
The vinyl decals can be trimmed and slit to fit contours as well. Most all of the text and detail decals are a dark gray, almost black color which unfortunately rendered then invisible against the darker colors of my particular scheme so I ended up using a combination of decals from the kit, some I made myself and some from Callie Graphics. I had to make the 'I' just ahead of the refueling port because Callie's was way too big and the one that came in the box was not the right style for my model. I also made my own refueling port
Overall the paint stuck very well that I applied directly to the original gray paint. I do think wiping it down with alcohol helped and being very careful to keep my bare fingers off of it during the process. Wearing Nytrile gloves if you do have to handle it makes a huge difference. So far I am liking how this is turning out.
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