Finnish Air Force Saab 35FS Draken (DK-261 HävLLv-11 Rovaniemi 1977)-Hasegawa 1/48

[planemaker]

Hi guys! Here is my delayed entry for the Homeland GB. Well, the story of why I didn't make it is long, so here is a shortened version:

The trouble began when the low-quality decals wouldn't set down well, later I had trouble with the gloss coat reacting with my oil wash,
then, so close to the finish when I put the matte-coat on I noticed that the decals were very badly silverd although I did everything I
could do to them and finally while fixing the decals a little accident happened and I had to order a new sheet of decals...................

-So now that I finally have finished it, I can say that I'm not happy with this model, partially because of the very bad decals, weathering
and the matte-coat. So, I'll try something totally new for my next build to get the mojo back again... We'll see...

Anyway, here it is:



























































Thanks for watching!

See ya!

[Willem]

That's a stunner. Beautiful job.

[rwsmith14]

NIce !! looks great !!

[strawnobi]

If you hadn't said anything, I probably wouldn't have noticed the decals. It's an awesome build. Modeller's tend to be their own worst critics. I built the Tamiya 1/32 Corsair when it came out and the decals in that kit nearly ruined it for me. They can be hit and miss in Japanese kits. So, I try to stick to Cartograf where I can these days. Either way, your build looks amazing. Hope to see more of your work in the future!!!!

[planemaker]

Many thanks!

I built the Tamiya 1/32 Corsair when it came out and the decals in that kit nearly ruined it for me. They can be hit and miss in Japanese kits. So, I try to stick to Cartograf where I can these days.

The decals I used on this kit are not the ones that came in the box. (They were swedish.)
Instead I used Galdecal's aftermarket decal sheet for the finnish version. They were absolutely awful.
I tested the Swedish Hasegawa decal sheet that came in the kit and used a few stencils on my model too.
Those were the best decals I've tried yet! -Well done Hasegawa!

[Avgas]

Very nice, paintwork looks really well aged.

[planemaker]

Thank you Avgas!

[Opapapa]

You nailed it! Beautiful build and paint job!

It's a shame that you had problems with these aftermarket decals. But like strawnobi wrote, most people wouldn't have noticed a thing! I haven't had any problems with Galdecal but it's good to know if I'm going to build this kit one day.

Olli

[planemaker]

Thanks Olli!

Yeah, the price tells all about the decals, so don't buy cheap decals!

[Homerlovesbeer]

Looks brilliant, on a mobile screen you cannot see any issues at all