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A decalling disaster!

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Canada
A decalling disaster!
Posted by tknight on Sunday, April 6, 2003 12:06 PM
I'm working on a 1/72 MK I Tamiya Spit' cockpit. Eveything was going along swimmingly. The kit comes with decal seatbelt harnesses, that look OK.
Anyway, I put the belt on using microset, and once in position, out of habit, I used microsol. Well the harness shrivelled to almost nothing!!! Angry [:(!]
I tried to restore in with more microset, to no avail.
I am relatively new to the hobby, and have spent my time learning on inexpensive kits. This is my first attempt at a Tamiya. Its been a great build thus far. Is this typical of Tamiya decals and microsol? I haven't run into this problem on any other kits I've done. I'm concerned for when I get to the point of applying the other decals.

Regards, Tim
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Oak Harbor, WA
Posted by Kolja94 on Sunday, April 6, 2003 5:21 PM
I'm not sure about seat belt decals, since I'm sure it must have doubled back on itself quite a few times, but I've used Microsol and even Solvaset on Tamiya decals and the key is to be patient - put the stuff on, try not to look at the decal shrivelling up, for darn sure don't touch it, and leave the room to watch TV!!!

I was building a F4D skyray that had a decal to cover each side of the tail. Not surprisingly, such a large decal had a hard time settling down over details and into recesses, especially around the rudder. I used Microsol, it shriveled just a bit and I gasped. Knowing anything I would do at that point would make things worse, I left the room. Came back much later to find the shrivelling gone but the decal still hadn't settled down very well. So I tried solvaset - this time it REALLY shrivelled. Convinced that "now I had REALLY done it," I called it a night. Next day, the deacal was laying down flat as if the design had been painted on.

Anyway, that's my experience with Tamiya decals and strong solutions.

Cheers!

Karl

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