looking for advice: toning down red decals

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Pauli G - 27 Nov 2007 14:16 GMT

Hello,
I used some red microscale stripes on my 1/72 OV-10 Bronco model to
represent the strips along the cockpit window sill. Unfortunately,
the red color is much to vibrant, so I was wondering about methods for
dulling the red a bit. I remember reading someplace that a light
sanding will dull decals? Any other good methods?

Thank you!

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Don Stauffer in Minnesota - 27 Nov 2007 15:07 GMT

> Hello,
> I used some red microscale stripes on my 1/72 OV-10 Bronco model to
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>
> Thank you!

I ordinarily dull down decals by airbrushing over them with the color
they are applied over. That would be VERY difficult next to a canopy.

You might try, however, drybrushing over them with a small brush, with
the fuselage color. VERY CAREFULLY.

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Pat Flannery - 28 Nov 2007 00:06 GMT

>
>> Hello,
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> they are applied over. That would be VERY difficult next to a canopy.
>

Just cover the canopy's transparent areas before doing it, using one of
the compounds we disscused in the other threads.
I ran into the same problem with a assembled aircraft I wanted to
Dullcote, and that's the route I went, using Elmer's glue.

> You might try, however, drybrushing over them with a small brush, with
> the fuselage color. VERY CAREFULLY.
>

That's going to be tricky. Very tricky.

Pat

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Wayne C. Morris - 28 Nov 2007 06:01 GMT

> >
> >> I used some red microscale stripes on my 1/72 OV-10 Bronco model to
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> That's going to be tricky. Very tricky.

I'd try mixing some of the fuselage color with a clear coat of the same
type (e.g. acrylic paint + acrylic clear), and brush or airbrush it over
the decal. Sort of like a wash, but not as runny. That ought to make
it easier to control how much tint is applied.

Another option is to remove the decal (try pulling it off with tape),
take another decal stripe, paint it to achieve the desired color, and
then apply that to the model.

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Enzo Matrix - 27 Nov 2007 18:29 GMT

> Hello,
> I used some red microscale stripes on my 1/72 OV-10 Bronco model to
> represent the strips along the cockpit window sill. Unfortunately,
> the red color is much to vibrant, so I was wondering about methods for
> dulling the red a bit. I remember reading someplace that a light
> sanding will dull decals? Any other good methods?

I've had good results using weathering powders that are usually used by
railway and armour modellers.

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