Battling models is not my favorite thing. It's on the other end of the spectrum. Sometimes if the job is to get done, if the subject throws a curve, improvise and fight is the order of the day. So there is this Heron and its decals.
I painted some white decal film "BEA red" (a Shortcuts brand spray can color I found at the local hardware store) and applied some Woodland Scenics dry transfer lettering to it. I wonder when and why I picked that up? The Cs will become Gs with a little white paint and the hyphen between it and the ANAX will be a bit of white decal. I trimmed the BEA logos from the wing decal, measured them with the help of a scribing template (with a handy series of squares) and cut squares in dense white decal stock (from an Aeromaster invasion strip sheet) slightly bigger than the BEA logos. To the water.
Well looky there. The other bugger about this scheme is the black leading edges of the cowlings. They go from nearly nothing at the bottom and slant back to make a significantly bigger ring on top. What in the hell was the thinking there, I'd like to know. Looks stupid. Looks stupid and is damned tricky to do in 1/144th scale. I started to mask this, but soon realized I'd be just as far ahead by hand painting the black. Pencilled some guide lines, took some deep breaths, mixed some gloss black acrylic to flow easily and did my best.
Battle isn't over, but I think the beachhead has been firmly established.
Looking good Pat, you show that sumbitch whose boss!
Posted by: Tory | July 14, 2011 at 07:02 AM
Glad to see you're winning the decal battle.I do respect the fellows that build airliners on a regular basis due to the amount of decal work involved.Looking really good so far Pat and keep the good fight going!
Posted by: Doug | July 15, 2011 at 01:59 AM