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                        Casting numbers

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                        Lundergaard
                        • Member since
                          March 2009
                        • From: East Bay, CA
                        Casting numbers
                        Posted by Lundergaard on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:07 PM

                        hello all

                        i am getting close to finishing my Dragon T-34 and really want to add casting numbers to the turret for that last bit of detail.  I have been practicing with shaving sprue nubmers... but oh man... Sad  what a mess i've made on scrap plastic.  i get ONE good number out of about ten.  obviously not good enough.

                        archer has these:

                        http://www.archertransfers.com/AR88007.html

                        are they actually raised numbers?  work for my application?

                        thanks!

                        andy (lundergaard)

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                        K-dawg
                        • Member since
                          August 2006
                        • From: Arkansas
                        Posted by K-dawg on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:09 PM

                        Yes, they are raised numbers and symbols. I have a set within arms reach. Apply them like decals and bobs your uncle... Done! I have heard that you can knock off the small resin bits if you're not careful so i'd suggest priming over them as soon as possible.

                        I have used the tread plate before and I primed it and didn't have any trouble.

                         

                        Good luck!

                        Kenneth Childres, Central Arkansas Scale Modelers

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                        Lundergaard
                        • Member since
                          March 2009
                        • From: East Bay, CA
                        Posted by Lundergaard on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:16 PM

                        thank you K-Dawg.  I was hoping someone had actually used them to comment.  sounds like i should sand some of the casting texture off, apply, texture again and prime.  cool!

                        cheers

                        andy

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:16 PM

                        Yup, the Archer surface details are great.  I have used them a few times.  Here are some of the results.

                        After paint.

                        I highly recommend them.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        Lundergaard
                        • Member since
                          March 2009
                        • From: East Bay, CA
                        Posted by Lundergaard on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:26 PM

                        very nicely done!!  I'm sold.

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                        Lundergaard
                        • Member since
                          March 2009
                        • From: East Bay, CA
                        Posted by Lundergaard on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:11 PM

                        did you apply a gloss goat first to put the transfers on?  applied like a regular decal?

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                        Lundergaard
                        • Member since
                          March 2009
                        • From: East Bay, CA
                        Posted by Lundergaard on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:14 PM

                        sorry, k-dawg answered the decal part of the question... so i would think gloss is the way to go.  Retract post!!

                        sorry for the static and thanks much guys!

                        andy

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:45 PM

                        I apply them stright onto the model without any glosscoat or anything else.  I have had no issues with them.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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