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Great representation if this aircraft Bob.  I have a few questions for you.  Are those the kit decals?  If not what set did you use?  Also if the checkerboard is a decal, could you elaborate a little on how you accomplished this?  Was it simply repeated coats of micro-set and sol?  Thanks in advance as this bird and quite a few other checker nose are on my "to do" list...

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Thank you all for the kind words. Yes, those are the kit decals from the Aces of the 8th boxing. And yes, the checkerboards are all kit decals. I used Gunze Mr Mark Setter and Softner as my decal solutions and the decals responded brilliantly to those solutions. I highly recommend these solutions for Tamiya and Hasegawa decals. The Setter was particularly valuable as it made the decal slightly pliable but still relatively strong so I could use a damp cotton bud to push-pull and manipulate into position without tearing much. After the Setter dried, I then hit the decals with a final coat of Softner to finish them off. After laying down one side, I was able to match the checks pretty nicely for subsequent pieces and overlap around all the curves, details, etc. A lot of careful slow tedious work, but I was rather pleased with the end result. I know a lot of people don't like Tamiya decals, but those in this boxing are superb. 

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On 2017-10-31 at 9:28 AM, modelingbob said:

Thank you all for the kind words. Yes, those are the kit decals from the Aces of the 8th boxing. And yes, the checkerboards are all kit decals. I used Gunze Mr Mark Setter and Softner as my decal solutions and the decals responded brilliantly to those solutions. I highly recommend these solutions for Tamiya and Hasegawa decals. The Setter was particularly valuable as it made the decal slightly pliable but still relatively strong so I could use a damp cotton bud to push-pull and manipulate into position without tearing much. After the Setter dried, I then hit the decals with a final coat of Softner to finish them off. After laying down one side, I was able to match the checks pretty nicely for subsequent pieces and overlap around all the curves, details, etc. A lot of careful slow tedious work, but I was rather pleased with the end result. I know a lot of people don't like Tamiya decals, but those in this boxing are superb. 

 

I think in this boxing the decals are produced by Invisaclear.

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