weathering Decals

Thanks to all the ideas - particularly like the effect of your 109 Daywalker, nice job on both the painting and the toning down.  I had the same thoughts as you Hawkeyehobbies with effect to a field applied camouflage.  I thinned the distempered white and lightly airbrushed the entire model then took a few dozen cotton buds and lightly tainted with thinners gave quite a vigorous rub down over the decals, particularly along the lines of the airflow and panel and rivet detail, it greatly enhanced the bedded down effect of Micro sol & set.  Smugly (if that is a word!) pleased with the result and now looking forward to Telford and the nationals on the 10/11th November.

 Once again thanks for all your responses.

 Mooseman

I had a similar problem with my desert '109.  After applying all of the decals, I thinned some Tamiya buff to about 20% paint and 80% thinner and gave the entire model a light dusting.  Best to do it slowly and build up the effect.  HTH!

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Many thanks - I'll let you know how it turns out

Regards

Well, I'm not sure what "flat varnish" is.  I've always used that term with wood stains.

What I do know is that Gunze, Testors, and Floquil all make a clear flat liquid paint (as opposed to an aerosol can) that you can mix with color paints..  I suppose you should check if it's acrylic or enamel, first!  I went to greatmodels.com and searched for clear flat and came up with about 9 different products.

Sounds worth a try - I pesume by "clear dullcoat" a flat varnish will suffice?  It certainly would blend the decals in with the surrounding finish - I'll give it a go.

Many thanks