looking good stephen, I like the look of the 'air intake tube'. Nice touch wrapping that insulation on

Nice work so far, did lozenge on my DVII, worked OK. I was either a complete heretic and decalled straight onto plastic or I may have used white primer, no topcoat

Great work so far Stephen! Following with interest!

Perhaps Gator Glue?

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Thanks Jessie.
I'll see if I can get some over here.
I did think about drilling and pinning, like I did with the ailerons. But they're way too thin to safely drill even with the thinnest bit I have!

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Perhaps Gator Glue?

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Thanks Jessie.
I'll see if I can get some over here.
I did think about drilling and pinning, like I did with the ailerons. But they're way too thin to safely drill even with the thinnest bit I have!

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I’d go ahead and hit them with the Tamiya super thin. I thin Gator glue will just make a mess of things, as it’s too thick for those very thin (scale thin) surfaces. I don’t think it will hold well either. You should be OK with the super thin, as WnW plastic seems to bond very well with just a little thin cement. I’d glue it up before paint and decals too. My experience with WnW lozenge decals is they are exactly cut to fit the flying surfaces closely. Can’t speak to the aftermarket, but I’ve always had good success with the kit decals.
VR, Russ

Nice work.
If you're havi g trouble getting the decals to settle down on curved edges, use a little decal setting solution and a hairdryer.

Gary

Decided to put on my favourite TV show, Babylon 5, in the dvd this afternoon and crack on.

Got the upper wing lozenge done and painted in the padding around the cockpits. The wingtip decals needed a little persuading to settle down, hot water and gentle pressure did the trick

Thanks Russell. They turned out much better than I expected. Very colourful though, I hope a final coat of matt or satin will tone it down a little.

It would be amazing to get B5 on a remastered Blu-ray. Unfortunately there are a lot of factors that are preventing it. Mostly technical, but the main one being Warner Brothers lack of interest in the show.
The biggest challenge would be re-doing all of the effects shots. To do a true remaster requires the originals both digital CGI and film. Unfortunately, they've since been lost after the effects company dissolved and their computers sold off (amazingly the shows CGI was done on old Commodore Amiga 2000's). Rumour has it that even the original film negatives are also missing. When the dvd release was made, WB cheaped out and ripped the episodes from VHS tapes. Hence the fuzziness of those editions.
It's a shame, as I'm sure it would sell and would be great lasting legacy to the many cast members who have died in recent years.

I really must get around to my parents and find the Revell-Monogram kits of the station and Starfury fighters I bought back when they were first released. A pity they never got around to doing more kits, like AMT did with their Star Trek range. Would have loved a Whitestar and Earth Force Destroyer.