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Those decals bring back memories. I remember when they were first released, there was a lot of discussion/debate over whether they were too light. I thought they were, and too monochromatic. They looked particularly wrong on the sides of the forward fuselage. The belly of an Orbiter that has entered the Earth's atmosphere is largely grayish, but has a mottled and streaked appearance that the decals don't do a good job of replicating.
When I built a Columbia using the Revell 1/144th-scal kit, I used the decals, but applied a thin wash of Badger gloss black to darken and streak the HRSI areas to give them a more accurate appearance.
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