Sorry all, tomorrow never came, or rather, when it did it brought a heap of strife. Long story short, I'd been careless with gloss coating with Klear every area that was going to get a decal with the result that some of the stencils silvered badly, also the serials, how did I miss that.
This didn't show till I put a matt varnish on & I went to bed in disgust. Next day I carefully slit along 3 sides of the bigger problem decals with a sharp scalpel blade & teased the edge of the silvered decals up with the scalpel before using a stiffish brush to flood under the decals with straight Klear. They all settled down OK other than some of the smaller stencils that I didn't do this too but chose to retouch them with paint as close into the script as I could. Here is the end result of this, some retouching in evidence. Where I'd glossed properly, the decals settled very well with my usual method of bedding them with diluted Klear.
After my next days on, it was time to sort out the last components, everything came together pretty quickly now.
Apart from the hiccup with the decalling & the gloopy white paint, I was pleased with this build, I've really enjoyed being part of this group build, thanks to Davis for hosting it.
Steve.
