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Title: wood grain decals...
Post by: michael on September 20, 2012, 12:49:34 AM
hi all

lokking to the future i am hoping to get me a wnw albatros kit and was thinking about having a bash at doing it in wood decals.

the ones i have seen so far are the made to measure ones from hgw and the sheets from uschi van der rosten.

if any one has experience with these i would be much obliged which you think are easiest to work with and any tips and hints etc..

thanks for your time  :)

michael
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: coyotemagic on September 20, 2012, 01:00:37 AM
I've not used HGW but have used Uschi and was very pleased with how easy they were to work with and how good they looked.  The Uschi decals come with a very comprehensive set of illustrated instructions, as well.
Cheers,
Bud
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: bobs_buckles on September 20, 2012, 06:30:36 AM
Don't even think about it! Uschi's decals are superb  ;)

BVB
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: Des on September 20, 2012, 07:27:18 AM
Ditto, Ditto and Ditto, you can't go wrong using Uschi's decals, a brilliant product.

Des.
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: uncletony on September 20, 2012, 11:46:58 AM
Um yeah, the Uschi decals are amazing.
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: Tony Haycock on September 20, 2012, 07:53:57 PM
Has anyone used the HGW ones? I have a set for my DVa Albatros but not suref I use them or try painting it...   
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: michael on September 21, 2012, 03:51:56 AM
many thanks for the help guys uschi it is !

like Tony it would be interesting to hear from someone who has used the hgw decals though.


cheers
michael
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: uncletony on September 21, 2012, 05:14:55 AM
Well, there's this comment in my D.V build thread (http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=328.30) from Keith (kornbeef)


On a side note I bought HGW pine for mine but tis so fragile I may well use the old oils trick when I reach the point to paint.

Keith
Title: Re: wood grain decals...
Post by: Tony Haycock on September 21, 2012, 09:32:57 AM
Well, there's this comment in my D.V build thread (http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=328.30) from Keith (kornbeef)


On a side note I bought HGW pine for mine but tis so fragile I may well use the old oils trick when I reach the point to paint.

Keith

Thanks Uncle Tony! I guess the advantage of trying teh decals first is that if it all turns to custard plan B of oil paint is still possible...