A little light decalling at noon and spraying the decals so they don’t keep (d@mn$hitf@wk!) smearing like the last 10 were. the bane of my existence decals.
What I’m happy about: Side roundels tail flashes and designations layer down well enough. what I’m not happy about: Overwing roundel inconsistencies and chipping. I’ll print on clear decal paper and reapply.
Found a photo of one of the barracudas with Nose art. Suuuuper blurry. Tried to recreate them scan colour and decal. Little things!
I tried the clear u-print roundels and the centre red was too dark as it showed the brown underneath too much. The blue was ok. So I stripped the roundels off all the aircraft and painted a grey spot on the wings for the red semi transparent to have a brighter base underneath. Tried on one, turned out nicer
Consistent waterline? Duplo! Also did a hawser reel, roller chock wasn’t to scale so made my own, some anchor chain and paddles for the 25 man—-Iiiii mean crew life rafts!
Did a little work in the donald duck decal I'm putting on one of the planes. Not sure how it'll print to 1/4" but it's hard to draw like the nose art rather than what I know donald duck actually looked like - even at the time...but historical ship trumps historical cartoon.
