Heller/Humbrol 1/72 Douglas DC-6B Super Cloudmaster

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 317 · 1 year ago · DC-6B, Heller
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Decals look great on, my friend @johnb!
    Strange that the decal is smaller, a bigger than required would normally be expected...

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros. I was surprised as well. Did a check twice, three times if I made an error in the scheme (black area on the nose to small) or if I missed a part on the decal sheet, but none of that was true.

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    @johnb - that doesn't look too hard to fix. Wow, it's really. looking great now with the decals. Impressive!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    @eb801, thanks, Eric. Should be doable. My only concern is how to mask that region without damaging the current decal. I was thinking of a small piece of post-it.

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Looking great John! Did you do both sides? - if not you might try to make the missing line hit one of the emergency exits, that way it may look "natural". If it is already finished, some freehanding with a fine brush may be the solution?

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    That's what I was thinking. Why not try and freehand it. But it's always hard to match a decal. Do you have any blue decals leftover that you can cut a piece?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    @airbum, thanks, Erik. That is a good idea as well, although I do prefer to have a continues line. Freehand and matching the correct color might be challenging as well.
    @eb801, great suggestion, Eric. I will go through my box of spare decals, it needs to be very dark blue.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Going through my spare decals, I found that the color of US roundles did match perfectly. Cutting out a 1mm thick line and applying it did solve the issue. A great idea to use a decal for that, thanks for that, Eric @eb801

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Very nice and simple solution! Looks great.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    @eb801, thanks a lot, Erik.

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    George Williams said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    It’s looking very smart now, @johnb, great idea in using a piece of spare transfer, never throw the spares away.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Great remedy, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    @chinesegeorge, @fiveten, thanks a lot. Spare decals and parts are so valuable.

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Glad that worked John @johnb. Spare parts to the rescue!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    @eb801, thanks a lot, Eric. Also for your suggestions to get this solved.