Category: Decals

• Well, Sheet…Now What’s Gone Wrong?

  

  The heading image is fuzzy, out of focus, over coloured, and frightening. That actually describes my mind on a lot of occasions – federal elections, tax time, family festivals, etc – but in this instance it was actually vital – I need decals for my new aircraft. And my go-to solution for them appeared to…

  Dick Stein

  March 25, 2018

  Australian aircraft, Canadian aircraft, Decals, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Scale Models

  Decals, Epson, inkjet printing, Testors

• Who Said Yellow Was For Cowards?

  

  The author of the wonderful illustration of the Canadian Anson Mk1 – Mr Reidel –  will forgive me, I hope, for making a desktop image of his drawing. I’m posting it up on my computer to cheer myself up. I have a suspicion that I will need the inspiration during the next few weeks as…

  Dick Stein

  March 21, 2018

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, Enamel, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Painting

  Anson Mk1, Avro, Enamel, Humbrol, RCAF, Special Hobby

• Too Much Of A Good Thing

  

  Waterslide decals were the wonder of my childhood. I only encountered them in the model kits I built, and since these were kits in the 1950’s, they weren’t all that good. They were yellowed, cracked, thick, lumpy, and inaccurate. They had margins that looked like stranded jellyfish. They took about a half hour to soak…

  Dick Stein

  March 10, 2018

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Academy, Airfix, Aurora, AZ, Decals