Ah Bob, that is such a pain for you losing the decals, but you have turned it around very nicely there. Personally I live in fear of chrome trims and will cross the road to avoid them, so I reckon that is great work there.
And then the Chevy got rusty – that is super!
Tomcat, good recovery to get to the finish line – yep the result was not what you wanted but you got a good model you can put on the shelf with the right side out…
Mongoose, interesting using the X20A with Vallejo. For their metallics I use 1 drop Vallejo retarder, and 1 drop their thinner to 10 drops paint and it has been good so far. I will give your mix a go.
And after your comment about the helo deck decal, I thought I should look for your build – found yours and Steve’s over in the US ship GB. Should have looked earlier, following your builds could have saved me some pain…
The Melbourne? Fourth refill, resand and repaint of the superstructure joint and finally happy – I have to be ‘cos I am virtually out of my paint mix for the project. I learnt from other’s misfortune and kept the tape away from the decals…
The bridge is coming together too, just propped in place here, but good to see some progress.