Ian M's Fw190A-8 JGr.10 Hasegawa 1/32

[scottie3158]

Looking good

[Ian M]

Well the other side was marginally better...

Apart from the most obvious of places! grr. Oh! I forgot the number. the crinkling is the Micro sol which is still wet and not sucked down yet...
Next are the stencils!!!

[minitnkr]

Sounds like they are going on too dry. Like you're using Microscale Microsol, but not their Microset. Microset goes on before the decal to give you some slippytime when applying it. At least that's how I use them.

[Ian M]

Cheers Paul I will try that next time... The decals are a bit old though so that didn't help. I have both Micro set and sol but rarely use the Micro set but yes blue first.
A real good trick is to put the decals onto a drop of Johnsons clear, you know the floor stuff. lol.

Point of reference; Xtra-krylics acrylic paints the RLM yellow and red are spot on for the decals red and yellow. Logic says that the real artwork was done with RLM paints being the closest at hand. The point is they matched nicely when I needed to 'repair' the snake painted on the fuselage.


Far from a perfect repair/touch-up, but good enough.
I also got the stencils sorted the best I could. Here Hasegawa could have pushed the boat out and had a larger sheet of instructions as to the decal placement. Three profiles on ONE side of A4. Really makes finding the buggers home a challenge.
Next up its a wipe down with a damp swab, to remove the drips and run of decaling fluids and then some smoke from guns and exhausts before a coat of matt or satin.....

[Bri62]

Looks very good Ian they have dried a lot better, will look the part after a bit of weathering.

[rtfoe]

Looking good Ian. I really do hate old decals. Putting the decals onto a drop of Future does what exactly...I'm guessing as an adhesive and to avoid bubbles?

Cheers,
Wabble

[Ian M]

It stops the issue of silvering. A trick used be some that do not want to gloss the whole kit. But I guess it has an adhesive function as well. I only use it vary rarely. And not this time either lol

[Jim R]

Looking good. You've done well to get those decals as good as you have done.

[Ian M]

I chose not to weather this one. I know. "looks like a toy" some will say.
Truth be known I hear that aircraft where clean when delivered. ?
Here is one after the matt coat went down. Spot the mistake.

There are more pictures in the Completed section.
Thanks for the support from those who have followed along.

[Nicko]

Very nice Ian.

Nick

[yak face]

Excellent job Ian , looking forward to the completed pics , cheers tony

[scottie3158]

That's a great finish. I can't see the mistake.

[stillp]

Side decals don't line up?
Pete

[Geoffers]

Looks good to me Ian ?

I don’t think it’s a problem not weathering it, not all aircraft lasted long enough to get too worn.

Geoff.

[rtfoe]

Nice work Ian, as for the mistakes, the only ones I see are the side decals don't line up as well as the wing decals not spaced evenly .

Cheers,
Wabble