"Need Decals" Topic

Looking for info on the decal sets I need for German Battle of Britain 1/300 scale from I-94 I have the crosses an markings I need black lettering .074 actual size for the fuselage markings. I was on I-94 website an cant find the ones I need or if they even make them? Any help would be appreciated.

fullmetal2015

I don't know if I-94 have what you're after, but Scale Specialties do some superb Battle Of Britain sets with all of the markings for a few aircraft types.

You can buy inkjet/laser printer-compatible decal sheets to make your own.

Excellent point – home made decals have a lot of limitations due to the inability to print a white undercoat, but if it's only black you need, they'll work just fine.

I've printed up lots of decals, but Dom is correct about the missing white undercoat. It makes far more difference than you'd expect.

I just finished up some early war German micro armour and needed to add the aerial recognition flags. No problem, says I, I have white circles with swastikas decals from GHQ; I'll just print up the red flag decal myself. Unfortunately, a nice, bright red decal over panzer grey ends up being pretty drab. Oh well, I guess my tankers' flags are just very dirty!

Yep – in general home made decals are of very limited utility, but as the OP specifically wants black lettering, none of the usual concerns about opacity of inks apply – black is easy. :-)

So, here is a question guys should decals be placed on first then wash or ink? an then a light dry brush an a quick spray of dullcoat to seal things up?

Also thanks for the info all.

I prefer to weather before decals, but it's personal taste. I'd always recommend a gloss coat both before and after decalling though – a nice smooth surface is best for the decal to settle without air bubbles or silvering, while a gloss coat afterwards is a must to prevent scratching or other wear.