Dear all,

I suggest a new approach to spray air force stars. "New" ... well, I haven't seen it anywhere before.

In my personal list of things that ruin a day, large decals come somewhere between a ligament rupture and a flat tire.

I've been spraying RAF roundels for a while, now for the first time I tried air force stars for my Tamiya 1/32 Birdcage.

The natural way forward seems to be to spray the air frame first, continue with the dark blue circles and finally spray the white star. I found, however, that many things can go wrong doing it that way. I've tried the other way round ...

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Yes an old trick for painting hinomarus too.