AVRO Lancaster by Papa - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/72

[Papa]

On 6/30/2022 at 4:32 PM, rudybob said:

Beautiful job on a great plane.

Thanks 

[Papa]

On 6/30/2022 at 4:32 PM, rudybob said:

Beautiful job on a great plane.

Thanks!   Once the canopy masks arrive i can finish her.

[Papa]

I just noticed the date of the Dam Buster operation. May 17, 1943.  I was 25 days old!

[Papa]

She is finished.  Bad lighting on the decals.  Perhaps a spray of matt finish will fix that

[ccoyle]

Nice!

[hof00]

Ditto to what Chris said, Nice!!

 

Cheers....HOF.

[Danstream]

Nice and clean build. About the decals, the shining effect of the decal carrier is called 'silvering' in the plastic model community. It is caused by air trapped between the film and the roughness of the matt paint. I am afraid it will not go away with a matt coating. At this stage what you can do if that really disturbs you is:

- paint over the obvious film with the colors of the camo (least invasive). Or:

- With patience, if you have not sealed the decals with a varnish, remove the decal with repeated application of decal liquids (or warm water); once removed, you can:

    - cut and remove the biggest carrier film portions and reapply the remaining parts with decal liquids, or

    - brush a product like 'Future' over the paint of the decal areas and reapply the decals with liquids; at this point surfaces will show a variation of finishes which will need to be made uniform with a layer of matt coating.

Perhaps all this is too cumbersome and not worth the effort, but this is up to you to decide.

The model has anyway its own character of an 'old school' model and I would leave it as is.

Best regards,

Dan

 

Edited July 16, 2022 by Danstream

[Baker]

Nice work 

[popeye the sailor]

...or you might lose most of it by reactivating the decal adhesive.  would decal set help?    beautiful job on the paint.........awesome model  

[Egilman]

A good flat coat will take care of the shininess of the decals, but don't get any on those brilliant canopies...

 

Excellent Build very impressive especially in that scale...

[Papa]

Thanks for all the comments   I expected the silvering on the decals. The finish is quite matte and I thought about painting a bit of clear gloss where the decals went. Decided that would probably look worse. The shine is only visible in certain lighting.  I may try a bit more decal setting solution when I return from our week in the mountains 😀.

[Papa]

I used a masking set on the canopy. Tedious to put on but way better than trying to freehand the paint.