Things have been busy over the past few days. Fortunately, I've been able to do some experimentation on the nail decal front: two down, one more to try over the next 24 hours.
The two completed are as follows. I applied short lengths (+-1/2 inch) of the "free line" nails to two surfaces. The first was gloss white using only water as the transfer and adhesion means. The second was the same general idea, but applying the "nails" to a layer of dried Future/Pledge. I allowed each to dry for 24 hours. In both cases, I was able to remove the transfer film easily. On the gloss white surface a few of the nails did not adhere and came off still attached to the transfer film. On the F/P surface, all of the nails adhered properly.
The next and probably last experiment will be to apply FL nails to a dried F/P surface using a
small amount of Mr. Mark Softer (as called for in the decal instructions) as the transfer/adhesion medium. This will be allowed to dry for another 24 hours. The results will be matched to the second experiment above. I'll choose the best result and move ahead with application.
As a bit of "fun" modelling history, here's a model of D4545/17 done in 1975 by...uhh...me. 1/72nd scale Aifix DV, sprue rigging and hand-painted lozenge using templates found in a contemporary IPMS UK magazine. Who would have thought that I'd be revisiting this subject 43 years later?
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