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Putt Putt Maru decals
sgtreef
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 12:55 PM UTC
I am looking for a set of these.

Does anybody know of AM set that is available?


Academy has them but after reading I don't want to use them.
Thanks
Percheron
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 12:59 PM UTC
Jeff,

Here is a link to Great Models. They are an advertiser here also. I looked and they do have in stock a lot of P-38 stuff, including decals. I did not see if they have the one you are looking for.


http://www.greatmodels.com/

-Derek
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 09:10 PM UTC
Thanks but not one of them was right.

I guess I might use the kit Decals and give them a strong coat of Micro set Micro sol.
Tomcat31
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Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007 - 02:01 AM UTC

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I guess I might use the kit Decals and give them a strong coat of Micro set Micro sol.

Good luck with the micro set/sol, I seem to remember when Camogirl did a review of the 1/72 Arkansas Traveller P-38 by Academy for a magazine, she used Daco's strong setting solution. Which worked at first and the decals settled nicely but now the kit has sat on a shelf for a while some of the decals are starting to peel away. Hope you have better fortunes
sgtreef
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Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007 - 11:10 PM UTC
Boy I tell you that sucks.

Did she email Academy with a picture of the problem?

Did she try Dullcoat to seal them down over future?

I will if this happens.
And might add a few strong words also to it
Tomcat31
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 04:18 AM UTC
I know for a fact that Sam always put a coat of klear/Future over the top of all her decals to seal them before she weathers the plane (especially as this was a NMF plane). Oddly enough it's not the nose art or bigger decals that are lifting, it's the stencils that look to be the worst culprits
sgtreef
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 05:55 AM UTC
Wasn't doubting it just asking.

Strange indeed after all that work.

Bummer
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