Eth is cracking along with his kit from Tarangus of
the SAAB Lansen in 1/48th scale – he has shared his thoughts and pictures
with us this weekend in his continued build of this nifty little kit…
Kit Maker: Tarangus
Scale: 1/48th
Kit no: TA4801
Sprues: 5
Parts: 80 grey
+ clear Parts
Material: Injection
moulded plastic + PE Parts in the Maestro Add-on kits
Part IV - The Application of the Decals
With the paint cured the next step was to spray several coats of Klear to prepare the model for the application of the decals. When I was satisfied with the Klear I gave the whole airframe a good polishing with Mastercaster polishing blocks.
For a limited run kit the decals were a breeze to
work with and coped well with Micro Sol and Micro Set. When applying the larger
decals, such as the yellow squares, care must be taken as the decals are so
thin it is easy for them to curl back on themselves.
However Tarangus have supplied enough spares to cope
with any issues. The large roundels needed quite a bit of Micro Sol/Set to get
them to sit down properly. With patience though the roundels finally behaved
and settled into place.
Overall i was very pleased with the way the decals
performed, the thinness of which reminded me of Cartograf decals.
Once all the decals were on and dry the model was
given a further two coats of Klear to protect the decals from the weathering
We are nearly in the home stretch now, just the
weathering and assemble of the final parts to go.
Ethelian
Glendawr
Thanks
to Tarangus for this kit and
the extra additional etched add on parts more of this build very soon right
here - stay tuned More real soon.