- Member since
September 2008
- From: Ancaster, Ontario
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Revel 1/32 Spitfire Mk II
Posted by maxfax
on Saturday, January 7, 2017 10:54 AM
Hello everyone,
I have just finished my spit and it was a struggle. This kit was better than other Revell kits I have made, especially after coming off of the older 1/32 Bf 110. It wasn't so much as a kit problem than me and other factors. It mostly went together well, some parts were really fiddly like much of the cockpit, and the landing gear, but the decals were crap. All of the rondels were out of register with a nice white ring around them. I ended up getting some after market decals from Techmod off of E-bay, and these were worse. Almost all fragmented while applying, and wouldn't seat into the detail well. I applied about 15 separate coats of Micro Sol, and they still wouldn't seat into the detail, even with gentle encouragement. I had coated the decals with 3 coats of Future, and one of the "1st Canadian" decals came off at some point and was a loss and I also lost bits off of other ones, which mostly I was lucky to put the fragments back down with more Future . I also kept breaking the landing gear and other parts. I made this OOB except scratch built cockpit details. I was glad to be done with this.
Thanks,
Rob
On the bench: Revell 1/72 HCMS Snowberry
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