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Originally Posted by cduckworth
I modeled 'Mimmi' years ago before the decal set came out - I sprayed the fuselage gloss white and the determined the size of the squares running the horizonal length if the center of the fuselage side. I used a Microscale sheet of black decal paper and cut each square out and moved it into position. The black decal is thin enough that if the square was too short I merely overlapped another piece of decal to get it right. The squares on the top and bottom of this center strip were then reduced in size to match the photos. It wasn't all that tedious as it may seem.
Here's a url to Mimmi (and a couple of others).
Charlie Duckworth : Central Powers Aircraft Model Images |
Beautiful job(s) Charlie! I've actually seen your work before when browsing through the WWI-models.org gallery. I've been wanting to do that same Lohner Berg kit ever since I first saw it. That hexagonal pattern is beautiful.
On topic, I also like that you took matters into your own hands with the 'Mimmi' lettering. I'm a decent free-hand renderer and was wondering about doing that same thing with a rapidograph, since the only reason for me to buy the Aeromaster decals at this point would be for the 'Mimmi'.
Out of curiosity though, some questions if you don't mind:
1. Did you just draw a grid on the non-decal side of the sheet in pencil and cut them from that?
2. Any problems with squares being slightly 'out of true' with each other?
3. How/where did you decide to place the crucial first decal, and how did you maintain even alignment? Did you check it with a ruler or was it all sort of hand/eye?
4. I have the Osprey book "Fokker D.VII Aces of WWI, Part 2," and the color plates show Hippert's plane having blue interplane and cabane struts, and I noticed yours are green. Do you happen to know if there is anything remotely definitive on which it should be in order to be accurate? Or is it another of those things to disappear into the WWI correct color vortex?