decal instruments

cool have already done Don's idea but hopefully other people can take from this thread

Don Stauffer

What I have done is to make an overlay.  I bought some of that transparency material used to make presentation slides (powerpoint presentations).  Then, I scan the panel decal.  In a photo editor like Photoshop I put white circles exactly over the instruments. I make sure the rest of the panel is a very dark black.

I then print out the panel on the transparency material, cut it out, and sandwich it with the decal. It adds a little bit of depth.  Sometimes in larger scale like 1:32 I add a sheet of thin acrylic or clear polystyrene between the two for a little more depth.

I use white glue or Microglaze to glue the sandwich together.

As Hooper says in "Jaws"-"I got that beat!  I got that beat!"  No disrepect intended, Don, I'm teasing!  But that scene came to mind.

I make overlays in similar fashion, but I use the clear plastic sheet/strips from the packaging for my dress shirts, the plastic used to support the collar in the package.  I make a photocopy of the decal to use as a template.  I lay the plastic over the photocopy and trace then cut the outline of the panel with a sharp knife.  Then I attach the photocopy to the back of the clear piece, and use my tap and die set to punch out the instrument faces.  Then I paint the overlay as appropriate (usually flat black, or Tamiya's NATO black).

I apply the decal to a piece of styrene sheet, cut to shape, then use a little white glue to attach the overlay.

I used this method on the old Monogram TBF kit, the early boxing, with a completely fictional representation of a panel.

"I'll drink to your leg.  You drink to my arm, I'll drink to your leg!"

thank you so much it worked really well!

What I have done is to make an overlay.  I bought some of that transparency material used to make presentation slides (powerpoint presentations).  Then, I scan the panel decal.  In a photo editor like Photoshop I put white circles exactly over the instruments. I make sure the rest of the panel is a very dark black.

I then print out the panel on the transparency material, cut it out, and sandwich it with the decal. It adds a little bit of depth.  Sometimes in larger scale like 1:32 I add a sheet of thin acrylic or clear polystyrene between the two for a little more depth.

I use white glue or Microglaze to glue the sandwich together.

revell 1/32 eurocopter ec135 "air zermatt"

Whats the Kit?

tried that theres no PE availabe for the kit so scratch building must be my only option???(not very good at that)

Get yourself a PE interior detail set for the subject you are building. Otherwise scratchbuild gauge faces, knobs, levers, dials and bezels.