I am going to try a new thing.
Insted of spraying down the whole kit with gloss coat I will try to place spots of gloss on the kit where the decals go.
I do not think their will be any problems when I put down the dull coat afterwards.
If you guys have tried this please let me know.
I will give the results in about a week or so to let you know weather it’s sucsess or failure.
Wish me luck.[;)]
James,
I did just that on Tamiya’s 1/16 Tiger II and it worked just fine. There were only 5 decals to apply - The flat coat over it all worked just fine.
I always recommend testing it out on something else first - I usually duplicate all of the painting steps on something else when I’m trying out a new process - it can save heart-ache later.
Good luck
Cheers,
LeeTree
That’s exactly what I do. I use future only where the decals ae going to be located and then 2 or 3 light coats of dull-cote to finish.
What is the advantage of this technique?
Paul
I’ll assume Paul you mean the advantage of using future for placingthe decals. Decals do not set well on a dull / matt finish that is found on some aircraft and all armoured vehicles. To get around this problem, a small area is covered with future giving the decals a glossy finish to set on. Then you need to go back and overcoat with a product like dull-cote to restore that matt finish.
I still spray gloss over the entire kit because a pin wash is easier to do on a glossy surface than a matte surface. When I am done with this wash, then I dullcote the entire kit.
What about putting future over a decal after it has set and dried.
The reason I am asking is that in the past when I have shot the model in dullcoat
it fried the decals.
This has happened to me more than once.
I am thinking that the future would protect the decal and also help seal the decal to the kit.
Any opinions???
Interesting James … I’ve always sprayed my decals with Testor’s Dullcote after this procedure and have never had a problem. As far as coating them with Future goes, no problems encountered there either.
Well I did it.
I laid future over the decals after I gave them a day to dry.
The future had no ill effect on the decals.
When I spray on the dullcoat I will let you know what happens.
I just put the dullcoat on the kit last night and all went really well.
I think I will try this again down the road and see if I get the same results.
If you guys try this ,please let us know.