A sheet of masks for the American national insignia for a model of the P-51 Mustang in 1:72 scale. The insignia are sprayed straight into the paint, so no edge and no silvery veil typical of decals appears on the surface.
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American national insignia went through several changes during the Second World War and the Mustang lived through almost all of them. At the beginning it was a white star in a blue circle; in the summer of 1943 white rectangles were added at its sides, at first bordered in red. The red border lasted only a few weeks and was replaced by blue, which stayed to the end of the war. It is that short red episode which makes dating a machine precisely a fairly fundamental question for a builder.
When this kind of solution earns its place. The set contains no metal parts, so the decision does not turn on barrels but on how you get the marking onto the model. And here the size of the model plays a role: in the world of 1:72 the marking on the fuselage is barely a centimeter wide, and a decal of that size is applied to a surface that has riveting and panel lines. If the paint is not perfectly glossy, air shows through under the carrier film and the marking looks dully silvered. A mask does not have that problem, because no film stays on the model.
Before applying the mask, degrease the surface and let the base color cure properly. It is best sprayed in two passes, in a thin coat, so that the paint does not bleed under the edge. It pays to lay a gray base under the white areas, otherwise the dark camouflage beneath shows through them and the shade shifts toward dirty.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
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