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Decaling:
Well, the DACO sheet is
impressive, lots of data....hours of decaling!
One major problem, I think
that my sheet was pretty old.....looked like old MONOGRAM decals, "
milky ".
The second problem I had
was this sheet
was made for the MONOGRAM model, which I think was not at the same scale
than the Hase one! So, several decals didn't fit the panels, they were
larger than the panels they were to go on.
The third problem was that all the red decals were
outlined, so I could see the white on the border, so I've had to repaint all the
borders when dry.
Other details:
The winch on the top of the
seat rails was scratched, it was used to lower / raise the seat.
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The diorama:
The base:
Made from cardboard, paint
with different shades of grey.
Figures:
The figures come from
HASEGAWA boxes, I changed their poses by moving their arms. I also
changed their clothes, as Belgian ground personnel wear grey suits.
The oxygen cart:
From a VERLINDEN box, but I scratched the chassis of the cart, with plasticard channels.
It is painted in HUMBROL
white.
The ladder:
Photoetched part from
VERLINDEN, first you apply a coat of aluminium, then a coat of dark green.
When all is
dry, you just have to scratch the paint with a needle or a knife blade
to have a " used " look.
Well, I certainly forget some
details, but it's pretty difficult to remember them all when the job is done.
I hope you appreciate the
final result, I know that there are some problems, but I hope that they are
not too visible.
The last word could be, if you
found this kit on your Hobby shop shelves, try it...you'll like it!
Patrick
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