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                        Help please, decal went FUBAR while setting

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                        MA Cooke
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Cincinnati, OH
                        Help please, decal went FUBAR while setting
                        Posted by MA Cooke on Saturday, August 6, 2005 7:05 AM
                        Hi everyone.

                        I was applying decals to my 1/48 F4U-4, and apparently I accidentally touched a decal by hand after it had been setting for a few minutes (I use the Micro Sol and Micro Set). The next day I was inspecting the model, and the "OLATHE" on the bottom wing is all FUBAR, the "E" is cocked and rotated down about 40 degrees.

                        Does anyone know if the decal can be partially lifted, put back into place, and will it snuggle back down the way it was?

                        Any and all help will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

                        Mitch

                        On Bench: AM P-51B, Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A On Deck: Hasegawa F-14's (too many); Tamiya P-47D; Academy P-47N;
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                        DURR
                        • Member since
                          July 2013
                        Posted by DURR on Saturday, August 6, 2005 7:10 AM
                        1 what is meaning of fubar
                        2 yes you can resoak it with the solution but you have to as careful removing that as a guy in the spy movies trying to deactivate a nuclear bomb
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                        berny13
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley
                        Posted by berny13 on Saturday, August 6, 2005 7:24 AM
                        Once it is set up and snuggled down, nothing will lift it. The only thing you can do is remove it and apply another decal in its place.

                        Berny

                         Phormer Phantom Phixer

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                        TF-102A Delta Dagger, 32nd FIS, 54-1370, 1/48 scale. Monogram Pro Modeler with C&H conversion.  

                        Revell F-4E Phantom II 33rd TFW, 58th TFS, 69-260, 1/32 scale. 

                        Tamiya F-4D Phantom II, 13th TFS, 66-8711, 1/32 scale.  F-4 Phantom Group Build. 

                         

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                        MA Cooke
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Cincinnati, OH
                        Posted by MA Cooke on Saturday, August 6, 2005 7:27 AM
                        Oh.

                        FUBAR: F Censored [censored] ed Up Beyond All Recognition. FUBAR is often used as a verb, such as "You sure FUBARed that one." or "Let's try not to FUBAR this one, guys." etc.

                        I don't have another decal. Censored [censored] Censored [censored]
                        On Bench: AM P-51B, Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A On Deck: Hasegawa F-14's (too many); Tamiya P-47D; Academy P-47N;
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, August 7, 2005 6:16 AM
                        QUOTE: Once it is set up and snuggled down, nothing will lift it. The only thing you can do is remove it and apply another decal in its place.

                        How big is the letter "E" and is it in some strange font? Since it's a letter with no interior areas (like "P" or "B") you could draw it on some Frisket , cut it out, and then paint it. As long as you match the color a coat of gloss or flat would pretty much eliminate any visual differences.

                        If only the "E" is ruined you might want to CAREFULLY score the decal between the "H" and "E" so only the "E" gets pulled up (a piece of super-sticky masking tape will usually pull them up).
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        MA Cooke
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Cincinnati, OH
                        Posted by MA Cooke on Monday, August 8, 2005 5:35 AM
                        UPDATE:

                        I fiddled with it for almost an hour, part of the E lifted, the rest tore. I ended up just taking the whole Censored [censored] decal off. The "5" and "K" that go on the foremost main gear doors also went FUBAR on me, so this kit won't have all it's decals. Oh well.

                        Thanks for all your input.
                        On Bench: AM P-51B, Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A On Deck: Hasegawa F-14's (too many); Tamiya P-47D; Academy P-47N;
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                        Borg R3-MC0
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Utereg
                        Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Monday, August 8, 2005 6:48 AM
                        I hate it when those things happen.

                        I once had some big decal problems with some propag team decal. They where so thin that they tore! Very frustrating.

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 8, 2005 4:44 PM
                        Only display it one way. I messed up the tail marking on my 1/32 F-16 (I got the "MJ" just crocked enough to be noticed). Now I never display it with that side showing.
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