John Nice job David, especially tackling the Trumpeter fit issues. I am a profound hater of putty in all its forms so I'll go to extreme lengths to avoid using it and plastic card is definitely a useful tool to fill gaps. Putty, being a different material, never seems to behave all that well.
Paul, I won't speak for David but for me, one of the advantages of "rolling your own" with decals is that you can eliminate most if not all of the decal film (depending on how you do it) and not have it show up on the finished product. For the mottling, I can see it in the video more than the still pics and more on the grey underside than the OD topside. I have found that the undercoat on darker colors requires A) a little lighter touch on filling in/blending and B) some lighter colors on the undercoat to peek through but not too much or you can get a checkerboard effect, or have to cover it so much that it becomes monotone in other areas.
24 April, 15:26
Paul Moore John,
Thanks for that input. It's much appreciated.
Paul
Michael Kohl Thanks David for your extensive answer. That Balaton Models releases these models are great news. I build a D9 from them and the kit was very good - on par of what reported for this kit.
David Andrs
John
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