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Doubtingmango
So I just finished this little Italian job. The decals came out with a lot of the edges showing, which then got a lot worse when I added some washes. I used Microset on the decals, and then sealed them with Tamiya semi-gloss before the washes, but it actually looks like the washes got under the decals. Any thoughts?

Bogicevic Vladimir
It looks like you haven't spray gloss coat before you applied decals. Or decals didn't set well. There are two solutions. One is lacquer thinner. Put the thinner with fine brush in dots over the place where you have silvering. Thinner should destroy the film. If it raises paint under, just leave it, it will settle back. Important thing here is that, once you applied thinner, you shouldn't touch decal for something like 20 minutes, at least. Second way is mix of sugar and water, half - half. You make a hole with a needle on the decal, than you put mix on the top. It should enter in the space between decal and paint and, when drayed, make a gloss film in between them which will act as a gloss under the decal. Wipe excess mix with wet cloath and you are done.

Mr James
How annoying. I've never heard of the sugar water trick from Bogicevic. I'll be interested if this works. If the thinner, sugar trick fails, what else can you do but use a scalpel to cut around them, since you've sealed it,

Mr James
Oh, nice paintjob by the way

Doubtingmango
Thanks mates! I believe Bogicevic is right. I think I did fail to gloss coat before the decals. I think I'll try the sugar water first

Bogicevic Vladimir
Ok. There are few small tings I should add then. Heat the water first, when hot it will disolve sugar beter and apply it while it's still warm, it will have more viscosity. Make small hole or slice with modeling knife, put few drops of mix on the top and let it dry. You will see emidiatly if it's penatrating. When dry, wipe carefully excess mix with moist cloth. Repeat where neaded. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it worked for me many times.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Bogicevic! I'll give it a shot. If it doesn't work I'll try the lacquer thinner technique. I love this site!

Mark Sherwood
Where the *uck's this been hiding. Very nice build Mr Mango and I hope the decal solution from Bogicevic work's out🤞

Doubtingmango
Thanks Mark! So I punched some holes in the decals and applied the warm sugar water, but unfortunately it did not seem to make a noticeable difference. I decided my best shot was to just grab the scalpel and remove the decals, which was very easy. Bogicevic said the solution would get under the decals! I have successfully applied new decals, and my little Italian job is now base-worthy. New pics to come.

Bogicevic Vladimir
Well, you find a solution, which is the most important thing. I can not know why something that worked for me many times does not work for you in this case. Maybe that what I think is silvering is residual glue from decal paper. Who knows... Anyway, good luck with your project.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Bogicevic! You were definitely part of the solution

John
All's well that ends well. 👍 Mango, your builds have me hankering to do some armor but I still have commitments to do a couple more a/c. When I do get a chance, part of me wants to start small with a Pz IV, but another part says go for broke and do a Maus!

gorby
Very nice work!

Neuling
Good result anyway!

Doubtingmango
Thanks guys!

Doubtingmango
As promised, new pics of the new decals have been added, along with pics of the work I have started on the base. Once again, thank you for the help Bogicevic!

John
Really cool base! 👍

Guy Rump
Great result on the tank, the base looks good too. 👍

Doubtingmango
Thanks John and Guy!

Doubtingmango
More work on the base. Just need to paint up the base and add foliage

Doubtingmango
And it's finished

Rui S
Great work allround 👍 Beautiful vignette

Doubtingmango
Thanks Rui! Always appreciate the feedback

Tcamp
Awesome work

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful work, congrats!

M0rce
That's pretty cool 😎

Bobby Thumbs
hey man that palm tree is badass excellent work

Doubtingmango
Thank you all! The palm tree is badass, but I can only take credit for the placement. I got it off an Ebay seller from Thailand, Thannan Diorama Exporters. Not cheap, but I had to get one to see if they were as good as they look. They are! Also need to give a shout out to Value Gear for much of the stowage.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, this is fantastic!! The model and the base looks amazing, but that palm tree really pulls it all together in an extra special way. Well done!

Doubtingmango
Thanks Mike!

Spanjaard
great you resolved the decals issue, fantastic dio

Doubtingmango
Thanks Spanjaard! It was a nice save

Bobby Thumbs
aww man I thought you was a next level tree maker - i was gonna hit you up for hints

jaero
thats stunning!! the rocky terrain looks great, and so does the camo

Frank Morano
Un peut chère à 70 € 104.00 can
Plus shipping 28 € 42.00 can

J'ai payé hier pour le F4E Late 100.00 can plus 24.33 shipping.
C'est le nouveau kit.
L'échange aide pas de ce temps çi.
À 50€ plus 28 € je serais plus avantageux.
75.00 ca plus 42.00 can shipping je suis preneur.
Merçi pour ton approche.
Bonne fin journée.

Doubtingmango
Weathering and stowage looks great!

jaero
thanks! i'm giving it my best shot, chipping makes me sleepy haha

prelude BCh
Vous êtes en Belgique mais vendez en Yen ??

D. Ninetalis
As written on my profile, I am from Belgium but work in Japan. This kit is in Japan, but I have one for sale in Belgium too.

Jan Peters
Following this 👀
Cool subject, but a hard model to build, especially in this small scale.
I would love to see this one in 1/144

Bartosz Medyński
It is a simple model, but it's a nice kit. A deck don't fit good to fuselage, but rest of model looks good. In theory it's a fast built, but i will make it as good as I can, so it will be some filling and sanding.

Jan Peters
Ok, good to hear this is a good one.
I've had a go at a mirage type IX once, but it had parts that were not completely moulded, and a general bad fit, so I gave up on it, and promised myself to not build another Mirage kit.

Spanjaard
very nice result in the melted muuffler

Stefan L.
@Spanjaard thank you, I hope to achieve some nice rust variations at those dented spots

Spanjaard
I am sure you will 🙂

Doubtingmango
Great narrative! Watching

Stefan L.
@Doubtingmango thank's alot, appreciate it!

John
You're doing a good job of adding all the details that Tamiya kits of this era lack. 👍

Stefan L.
@John thank you, im trying my best! 🙂

Alex Rakhimgulov
Very interesting and useful tips under each picture! Thank you! Really cool build!

Stefan L.
@Alex Rakhimgulov thank you alot for this comment! Appreciate it that you find those tips useful 🙂

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Stefan L.
@Guy Rump sure, feel welcome! 🙂

Rui S
Nicelly detailed 👍 I'm in 😎

Stefan L.
@Rui S thank you, feel welcome! 🙂