Sopwith Pup - WNW 1:32 scale

[pepperman42]

Just so I have it straight - You used the clear decal sheet PC10 over a linen coloured base paint pre-shaded on top and clear decal sheet linen over linen coloured base paint pre-shaded undersides? TIA

Steve 

[coyotemagic]

Beautiful work, as always, Mike!  So glad to see the Aviattic linen decals used to such great effect.  Your instructions on how to use them will be quite useful for anyone wishing to try them out for the first time.  Very thorough.  I've used them on quite a few of my models and love how they perform.  Just one tip I would like to add, if you don't mind.  Rather than trying to trim any excess around the edges, which is difficult to do due to their elasticity, simply dissolve the excess with Tamiya thin cement.  Works like charm and helps secure the edges to the plastic.
Thanks for posting.
Cheers,
Bud

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi Steve,
Yes more or less.
PC 10 (clear backed) was applied over a white gloss base coat, which I pre-shaded with a thinned mix of Tamiya Olive Drab (XF62) and NATO Black (XF69).
The undersides was CDL (clear backed) over a white gloss base coat, which pre-shaded with a mix of Tamiya Deck Tan (XF78) and NATO Brown (XF68).
You can experiment with different colours for the pre-shading with a spare piece of plastic card and decal off cuts first, before you finally decide.

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi Bud,
Thanks for that tip - I'll remember that in the future   

[pepperman42]

Thanks for the clarification. Great stuff!!

Steve

[lcarroll]

Beautiful work, as always, Mike!  So glad to see the Aviattic linen decals used to such great effect.  Your instructions on how to use them will be quite useful for anyone wishing to try them out for the first time.  Very thorough.  I've used them on quite a few of my models and love how they perform.  Just one tip I would like to add, if you don't mind.  Rather than trying to trim any excess around the edges, which is difficult to do due to their elasticity, simply dissolve the excess with Tamiya thin cement.  Works like charm and helps secure the edges to the plastic.
Thanks for posting.
Cheers,
Bud

Bud,
    Since I find the trimming of excess from the edges by far the most difficult step of the process can you provide a detailed description of how you do this? Do you remove the trimmings or blend them to the surface for example?
Mike,
    That's looking really great, your decal work on the tail components looks perfect to me! I used this finish on my DH.2 and the joins of the PC.10 to the CDL undersurfaces were a bit of a challenge.
Cheers,
Lance