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[Neil Merryweather]

Drooling again, sorry!

[Scratchbuilder]

Drooling again, sorry!

I'm used to it now, just keep a mop next to the laptop... SWMBO passing by "I see Neil has commented again...."

[Jim R]

Instead of adding the decal dials I first punched them out to get the correct size as the 'border' around the decals left a lot to be desired.

That's a common problem with decals intended to fit inside a moulded, raised bezel. I've never understood why the carrier film extends around the decal dial. Makes them very difficult to place neatly.

[Scratchbuilder]

Update,
So there I was thinking 'Well, it's only a few pipes and tubes....' Then I found I great walkaround and downloaded a few photos (63) of the details and once I have sorted them out and moved them through Photoshop to get a chonological order of where pipes start and end, then it will be back onto the build proper, untill then it will be just tinkering a bit here and there, plus ordering more 'lead' wire...
Cheers
Mike.

[Guest]

I've never understood why the carrier film extends around the decal dial.

It’s difficult to print the decal right up to the edge of the transparent bit, I assume. More difficult than printing the inks in the right place relative to each other, anyway.

[Tim Marlow]

Very easy to die cut them after printing though Jakko.

[Guest]

It is, but that gives you decals that go all the way to the edge of the paper, making them harder to position, or if you only cut partway through, a decal surrounded by a bit of transparency that will come off together with it. Also, you need to make the die to cut it with, which adds to the cost.

[Scratchbuilder]

For the die to cut these instrument decals, I used my punch and die set, positioned the decal so that it lined up under the clear part and then punched the decal out... and the decal fitted just right inside the raised edge of the dial.
On these decals the surrounding 'silver' part was so big you could have peeled of the decal after it had dried - well oversize.

[Steve Ski]

Awesome detail, awesome!

[A_J_Rimmer]

There's something about big-wheeled Soviet trucks, WOW - what an awesome subject!

Just read back from the start of the thread Mike, superb stuff thus far. Really glad you've picked this up again (not that I saw it before obviously, but it's great to see this subject being built).