Hobby Model MiG-15 Fresco

[Gil]

The silicone baking parchment trial was a total disaster. Painted the dextrin glue on and bingo! It wrinkled like any normal paper would. Later tried a spray called "Kiwi Camp Dry Spray" - a spray on silicone-izing product recommended for waterproofing paper. It worked.

This started me to think about how much this was beginning to appear like a full blown manufacturing process. So I blew it off for awhile and thought about the problem.

It finally occurred that the core idea is to apply a printed film onto the surface of the subject model. Having painted acrylic paint onto plastic wrap and then finding, after it was dry, that it couldn't be separated from the plastic film was the part that suddenly clicked into the solution slot. Plastic wrap is about 0.0008 mils thick with paint it comes to around 0.001 mil. Coating it with white acrylic for white background decals or leaving it clear yields a reliable solution. The decal glue is a derivative of the inkjet coating and works extremely well.

By the way I've found out how to make model ship sails. Yeah, go figure...,

+Gil


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[Gil]

I can inkjet print on plastic wrap. Learning how to handle plastic wrap to get it flat was the real learning process in this part of the exercise.

Below, are two photos of work in process. The first shows a carrier sheet with the white painted and inkjet coated plastic film mounted with masking tape. The second is a close-up of the Indian Head logo. Color saturation is extremely good [outstanding?]. Resolution is also excellent though the logo is from a low resolution original and is full of aliasing.

Next task is to cutout one of the heads and glue it down to a piece of aluminum clad card stock.

+Gil

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[Gil]

One of the Indian Heads was cut from the sheet and mounted on a piece of aluminum clad cardstock.

Cutting out plastic wrap is not an easy task. I now know why a card backing with a water soluble glue is a great idea - it allows the decal to be easily cutout prior to immersion in warm water so that the decal can "slide off" onto the prepared model surface. Nifty idea that...,

Below is a shot of the completed decal mounted on an aluminum substrate and over-sprayed with Krylon Crystal Clear.

Next - mount the decal on a water slide carrier sheet...,

+Gil

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[Gil]

Dropping out of this site...,

[3Turner]

Pretty neat method Gil. It actually turned out great in that last photo.

Would hate to see you go and not see this develop.

[richkat]

Gil whats up? I always look forward to seeing your skills. You can not leave, we wont let you........Richard

[John Bowden]

er.................WHAT??!!

Just checked back and was reading newest to latest post and WHAT???

I was going to ask some questions, but all I can come up with is WHY?

[milenio3]

Lurking around this thread... and then Gil's last comment...

Wha'??