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    Same group of DVII, can't get my decals to work

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbmacek View Post
    Could be. I'm not the best person to talk to about color perception, being partially colorblind. I can tell you that the color I used is a Vallejo paint called Sombre Grey.
    I checked a few sites for that paint (thanks, BTW; I was going to ask what you used). It definitely shows up as a brighter blue than those sites show the paint to be.
    They look good, though.
    Karl
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    Quote Originally Posted by Womble View Post
    I just ran off the first few pages of decals on my new laser printer. I've loads of models that I can now finish. It should be a productive month.



    Ian
    Forgive my ignorance but is all laser printer ink ( or whatever it is) water proof or do you need specialist?
    Just seen an A4 laser printer for Ł75 which is in budget

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    All laser prints are waterproof (or at least sufficiently water resistant for our purposes), so no sealing the sheets after printing is needed. Just make sure you only use decal paper designed for laser printers in them - attempting to fudge it with a sheet intended for inkjets will likely result in the decal film melting onto the printer's fuser module, destroying the decals and not doing the printer much good either....

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    Gotcha , cheers Dom

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    Chris, just be aware that the toner is often the expensive part. If you buy a new printer it often comes with half full cartridges and a set of four replacements can be around Ł150. Another thing to look into is that it prints ok on 170 gsm paper (Crafty paper thickness). My plan is to only use the printer for decals and hope that the toner (ink) never runs out. I've got a a Samsung CLP-365W and the end product is amazing.

    Ian

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    Cheers for that Ian, I have Cannon multi function for card and documents.
    If I can persuade SWMBO the laser will be for my decals only

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    After a long pause, I've got a conversion of a MkI Hurricane into a flying can opener MkIID on my october workbench. But with such an amount of ground fire it's gonna be be too much of a task for a single plane





    Quote Originally Posted by jbmacek View Post
    Working on a tank-busting scenario, so I need some A7Vs.

    Quote Originally Posted by clipper1801 View Post
    John, are your A7V's available in 1/144"? I have seen them on your listing and wondered . . . my other tanks are lonely . . .


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    Quote Originally Posted by clipper1801 View Post
    What would be nice besides the tanks at 1/144 would be your Staaken VGO completed . . . hint, hint, nudge, nudge. . . . as if I need another Staaken! "One can never have too many" - who said that???????
    I see another person's projects are Staaken up.

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    Three heavy coats of Krylon Triple-thick Crystal Clear Glaze, followed up by some Army Painter white primer. You wouldn't even know this is WSF.


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    Agreed, that really does do a job on the WSF's graininess - unfortunately Krylon don't distribute it this side of the pond afaik - it only seems to be available from an odd couple of suppliers, at inordinately high prices (circa Ł15 a can....), presumably imported privately. I guess I'll keep brushing on the old Johnsons Klear....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dom S View Post
    Agreed, that really does do a job on the WSF's graininess - unfortunately Krylon don't distribute it this side of the pond afaik - it only seems to be available from an odd couple of suppliers, at inordinately high prices (circa Ł15 a can....), presumably imported privately. I guess I'll keep brushing on the old Johnsons Klear....
    I've been using three coats of the acrylic floor finish (brushed on) followed up with one coat of Rustoleum Clear Gloss (sprayed). Then I gloss it again after the paint. And again after the decals. Not heavy gloss coats, just regular.

    Getting this level of smooth on WSF...

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    I believe that it is a mistake to try and get the super smooth finish at the beginning of the process. It should be something that you arrive at, at the end of the process. On the SPAD above, notice that if you look closely, you can still see the aileron line detail through the roundel decal. The detail was still there until the very end of the process. You can't really preserve the detail if you are hitting it with super heavy gloss coats before paint ever hits the model.

    Just my opinion.
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    That is pretty darned nice - I go for a similar level of smoothness, but find it takes a few more coats - will have to try the mix of brushed on and sprayed on layers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PFactorDave View Post
    You can't really preserve the detail if you are hitting it with super heavy gloss coats before paint ever hits the model.

    Just my opinion.
    We'll see. This Putbus is probably the smoothest I've ever gotten something prior to painting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clipper1801 View Post
    Hey John
    What would be nice besides the tanks at 1/144 would be your Staaken VGO completed . . . hint, hint, nudge, nudge. . . . as if I need another Staaken! "One can never have too many" - who said that???????
    ME!!!!

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    With any luck, I'll be able to finish the gun bus and the HP 400's before Thanksgiving. Only had them around since March.

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    That is one nice paint job, Dave! Wish mine came out that clean.

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    Production on schedule at the Fokker factory. It took a while to get the lozenge right around the struts on the first test monoplane. Now I have a template the others should be much easier.



    Ian

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    Doing 28 mm French and indian wars minis as well as all the left overs from last

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    Some of what I've been working on this month just posted on my blog.....

    http://dtbsam.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10...e-friends.html

    Guntruck, thanks for the lozzie decals, they came up a treat

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    Nice Blog Dave.
    Some of the other items on there were very interesting also.
    I did like your armoured train.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    I had a little free time on Saturday. Decided to do a Jasta 10 Fokker DVII flown by Arthur Laumann, actually I'm doing two of them. Might sell the extra on e-bay or something.

    This is my first foray into a nearly all decal model. It has been a new experience. I'm not quite finished with them yet, but I'm pretty pleased with the results so far.

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    I'll post more pictures of them in the Painting and Shapeways threads when they are done.

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    Sharp looking as always Dave. If I ever get the Nieuports I ordered that UPS "delivered" I'm hoping mine come out nearly as good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoonSylver View Post
    Sharp looking as always Dave. If I ever get the Nieuports I ordered that UPS "delivered" I'm hoping mine come out nearly as good.
    Thanks!

    That sucks that your order got "lost". I've been pretty lucky. My normal UPS driver lives just down the road from me. I take a lot of sports photographs of his kids. He is really good about tucking my boxes as out of sight as possible when he delivers. Or if I know I'm getting a high dollar delivery, I can send him a text and he'll "deliver" it to his own house and then run it down to me when I am home later in the day. He did that for me on a $2500 camera lens a couple months ago on a day when I was out and it was raining.

    Hopefully UPS or Shapeways will make good for you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PFactorDave View Post
    I had a little free time on Saturday. Decided to do a Jasta 10 Fokker DVII flown by Arthur Laumann, actually I'm doing two of them. Might sell the extra on e-bay or something.

    This is my first foray into a nearly all decal model. It has been a new experience. I'm not quite finished with them yet, but I'm pretty pleased with the results so far.

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    Those Fokker D.VII's look really amazing David

    I'll post more pictures of them in the Painting and Shapeways threads when they are done.

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    Perfect looking planes
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    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    Yes very impressive as usual Dave.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Quote Originally Posted by PFactorDave View Post
    I had a little free time on Saturday. Decided to do a Jasta 10 Fokker DVII flown by Arthur Laumann, actually I'm doing two of them. Might sell the extra on e-bay or something.

    This is my first foray into a nearly all decal model. It has been a new experience. I'm not quite finished with them yet, but I'm pretty pleased with the results so far.
    Nice looking , David. I have a all decal Halberstadt waiting for me; I hope it comes out as nice as yours.
    Karl
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    almost the end of October before I remember to borrow the wifes camera, but here's my workbench at the moment
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    some fokker fodder, escorts, and another early bomber perhaps to fly with the Caudron
    all courtesy of Shapeways

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