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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2010 - 12:27 AM UTC
Hi Matt.
48-059 F/A-18F VFA-31 Felix Rules are yours.
All the best.
tim
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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2010 - 12:39 AM UTC
Hi all.
Latest situation so far. Decals claimed:

48-058 F-16C ANG. tim hatton [litespeed]
48-059 F/A-18F VFA-31 Felix Rules. Matthew Quiroz [red4]
48-060 F-16C Bentwater Aggressors. Warren Inman [warreni]
48-061 E/A-18G Super Bug shockers. Joe Szczygiel [mother]
48-062 F-5E Red Flag Tigers. Stefan [stefanBuysse]
48-063 F-15C Shogun Eagles. Hermon [Voncuda]
48-067 F-16C Beware the Thunderbolts.Damian Rigby [aussiereg]
48-068 F4E/G 3rd TFW. Eric Salazar
48-069 F-14A's VF-84, Jolly Rogers. Justin McCracken, [keeperofsouls 2099]
48-070 F-111E 20th TFW Upper Heyford. Mark [markske]

With their own decals:
Harm Manders [dutchbird] - F-2A Grim Reapers.
Steffen Arndt – Jamin Jihad E-6 Prowlers.
Jens H. Brendl – F-2B.
Jim [jhoog59] - 48-030 ANG vipers

Still waiting to be claimed for this campaign:
48-064 F-2A/B Viper Zero 1.
48-065 F-2A/B Viper Zero 2.

Please PM me if you fancy any of the remaining decals to take part in the campaign. Campaign has been submitted and is awaiting approval.
All the best.
tim


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Posted: Monday, December 27, 2010 - 09:27 PM UTC
Hi all.
Mark Chen has claimed 48-065 F-2A/B Viper Zero 2 for the campaign. Latest situation so far as regards to Decals claimed:

48-058 F-16C ANG. tim hatton [litespeed]
48-059 F/A-18F VFA-31 Felix Rules. Matthew Quiroz [red4]
48-060 F-16C Bentwater Aggressors. Warren Inman [warreni]
48-061 E/A-18G Super Bug shockers. Joe Szczygiel [mother]
48-062 F-5E Red Flag Tigers. Stefan [stefanBuysse]
48-063 F-15C Shogun Eagles. Hermon [Voncuda]
48-065 F-2A/B Viper Zero 2. Marrk Chen [madcat911]
48-067 F-16C Beware the Thunderbolts.Damian Rigby [aussiereg]
48-068 F4E/G 3rd TFW. Eric Salazar
48-069 F-14A's VF-84, Jolly Rogers. Justin McCracken, [keeperofsouls 2099]
48-070 F-111E 20th TFW Upper Heyford. Mark [markske]

With their own decals:
Harm Manders [dutchbird] - F-2A Grim Reapers.
Steffen Arndt – Jamin Jihad E-6 Prowlers.
Jens H. Brendl – F-2B.
Jim [jhoog59] - 48-030 ANG vipers

Still waiting to be claimed for this campaign:
48-064 F-2A/B Viper Zero 1.

So just one set left.
All the best.
tim
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Posted: Monday, December 27, 2010 - 11:13 PM UTC
Great campaign. I see I am a little late for any of the sets except the F-2 decals.

Would it be possible to share a set? I see most of the sets have decals for 2-4 aircraft. I would like to build one of the F-5E Red Flag Tigers. Does not matter which one.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 09:17 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Great campaign. I see I am a little late for any of the sets except the F-2 decals.

Would it be possible to share a set? I see most of the sets have decals for 2-4 aircraft. I would like to build one of the F-5E Red Flag Tigers. Does not matter which one.



Hi Jesper.
Have a word with Stefan [stefanBuysse] to see what he thinks. It is going to be very difficult as there are so many decals: markings and stencils to separate. There is nothing stopping you investing in a sheet and joining the campaign that way Jesper. They are outstanding in their quality and research, well worth the money.
All the best.
tim
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Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 11:44 PM UTC
Thanks for the quick reply, Tim.

Stefan, already sent me a friendly personal message. We will work something out I am sure. Thanks, Stefan

In any case I will work something out. Looking forward to get started
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Posted: Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 09:21 AM UTC
Excellent, thats what I like to see, teamwork.
All the best.
tim
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Posted: Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 12:51 PM UTC
Hello- I'm a brand new enlistee...Followed Scott's heads up from Zone-Five. I'm normally an adversary-focused kinda guy, but will pull out one of the F-2s in my stash if the last sheet is still up for grabs...

Thanks!

US Harv

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Posted: Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 09:19 PM UTC
Welcome aboard Harv, and with that, all the decals on offer are now claimed.
All the best.
tim
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Posted: Friday, December 31, 2010 - 08:04 PM UTC
Campaign Approved...

Please enlist your interest Here
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Posted: Friday, December 31, 2010 - 09:27 PM UTC
Thats fantastic Allen, thanks very much.
All the best.
tim
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Posted: Saturday, January 01, 2011 - 11:52 AM UTC
My God....I keep hitting enlist buttons. Someone stop me.


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Enlisted Somebody tie hermons arm behind his back
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Naw...campaigns are good for you. Puts hair on your teeth... "Q"
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Excellent, thats what I like to see, teamwork.
All the best.
tim



Hi,

Like Harv, I came here after Scott gave us the heads up on Zone-Five.
I know that the Afterburner team get a kick out of seeing their decals put to good use. So, it's pretty natural to share an option from a free sheet with an experienced campaigner like Jesper.

Because it's a free sheet, as soon as it's March, this one goes to the top of my list of priorities in building models.

Cheers, Stefan.
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Posted: Monday, January 03, 2011 - 02:03 AM UTC
Signed up

Thanks for the help with decals, Stefan. I appreciate it.

Does anybody know what decal solvent to use for the afterburner decals. Micro sol will work?
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Posted: Monday, January 03, 2011 - 11:11 AM UTC
Hi Jesper.
Excellent question. Contact Scott at Afterburner Decals and ask his advice, I am sure he will be more than happy to help. If you do could you pass on the info to the guys on this campaign please.
All the best.
tim
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I did some research and it seems microset and microsol work fine from what Ive read its what i will use
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Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 - 10:23 PM UTC
Thanks for the info, Justin. OK, then I will set out with that as well for my build.

Looking forward to one of those colourful adversary schemes.
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Posted: Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 03:10 PM UTC
Tim still no word on the decals?I can order a set it's no big deal it happens post office Just let me know. spruebrothers received a big shipment just need to know before there all gone
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Posted: Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 03:37 PM UTC

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Does anybody know what decal solvent to use for the afterburner decals. Micro sol will work?



I use Micro sol 99% of the time, and it worked well for my Afterburner VF-84 Victory Cat, F-14A.

I also used Micro sol with Fightertown, TwoBobs, Cam, Super Scale and so on.

For me the trick is to use it lightly. I'll put down plenty of water where the decal goes then use Q-top to soak up. Then using another Q-tip I'll dip into Micro sol and lighly paint it onto decal, sometimes I may do this two or three times.

One thing I found though, when I use Furture Floor Wax as a gloss coat, then using Micro, the gloss coat will become sticky. No real big problem as I only had one problem, most likely due to using to much Micro sol.

Happy Modeling,
Joe
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One thing I found though, when I use Furture Floor Wax as a gloss coat, then using Micro, the gloss coat will become sticky. No real big problem as I only had one problem, most likely due to using to much Micro sol.


Hi Joe, I had this problem too. I wasn't giving the Future enough tie to fully cure. While it feels complete after 24 hours or so, give it a good 72 hours and it will be rock hard. I use Solvaset over it after this amount of time, which is considerably hotter and no softening what so ever. While it is a while to wait, I'm sure there are some other items that could be dealt with during this time. Hope this helps. "Q"
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Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011 - 07:26 AM UTC
Hi All.

My victim arrived Thursday, Tamiya's F-16C/N Aggressor kit. I have not built a modern Tamiya kit so it will be interesting to see how it goes together.

Joe, Q is right about the Future. I have had mine go milky a few times but then it seems to clear itself up.. no pun intended, but if I leave it for a few days it doesn't do it. Problem solved!

Now if the decals could arrive I could start planning...
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Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011 - 07:36 AM UTC
Sorry Justin, no idea what's happened to your decals. I put a return address on the envelopes as well. I am going to try using a different sort of envelope next time and select a guinea pig to send it to to see what happens. Very, very annoying.
All the best.
tim
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Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011 - 03:10 PM UTC
Have you sent all the decal sets out Tim? I haven't seen any either.

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