SP-LCD
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44 28 February 2023, 06:46
Ludvík KružíkHi Robert, you seem to have taken a liking to the smallest models. 🙂
From the title of the album and the opening photo of the project, I assume Dakota will have a civilian coat. Do you have decals available for the civilian coloring? I think spray painting narrow stripes around the windows and small lettering would be very difficult.
28 February 2023, 11:03
Robert PodkońskiThanks for your interest, Mates 🙂 Yes, I have the decal set for LOT Dakotas, Ludviku:
scalemates.com/kits/..as-dc-3-lot--1175936
and that's the reason to tackle this topic 😉
28 February 2023, 13:04
Łukasz GlińskiYou really are going to lose your eyesight with these 144 builds mate, you have been warned 😛
28 February 2023, 14:48
Robert PodkońskiThanks for your interest, Bruce 🙂 Łukasz - this one is bigger than some of my 1:72 scale builds 😉
28 February 2023, 15:10
Łukasz GlińskiI bet 😄 👍
Btw: Not sure about SP-LCD, but LCB had non-standard window added on the right side and additional antennas.
28 February 2023, 15:11
Robert PodkońskiThanks for the info, I will look into my references. Still, I am simply going to paint over all the transparencies and rely on decal sheet version in this case.
28 February 2023, 17:51
Ludvík KružíkIn our country, they say that what's slow doesn't run away. :-D
Nice progress. 👍 Looking forward to the sequel.
23 March 2023, 21:57
Ludvík KružíkI'm very curious about the decals. I think the larva will hatch into a butterfly. 🙂
12 May 2023, 23:06
Robert PodkońskiDziękuję, Ludviku i Patryku! I am waiting for the metallizer to cure and give it a coat of gloss varnish.
13 May 2023, 14:55
Bruce HuxtableMore haste, less speed. So sorry to see the decals being difficult to work with. Good luck with the next steps, she is certainly looking very nice already.
18 May 2023, 09:45
Robert PodkońskiThanks for your support, Bruce. I must confess I lost my enthusiasm a bit now...
18 May 2023, 13:07
Bruce HuxtableAs the memory of the tricky decals fades, the beauty of your creation will intensify.... Can you use just the dark windows and not use the damaged lines? If thin lines are essential, can you use thinly cut strips from coloured decal sheet?
18 May 2023, 15:13
Robert PodkońskiActually, that's what I am going to do, Bruce - to use only the black windows and perhaps a 0,1 mm waterproof marker... 😉
18 May 2023, 15:33
Bruce HuxtableAnd a couple of silver diagonal lines on the black, to suggest a reflection.... 🙂 What's that word? Serendipidy 🙂
18 May 2023, 16:29
Łukasz GlińskiHm, maybe I could find some replacement decals in my stash? Can you take a bigger photo?
18 May 2023, 17:12
Robert PodkońskiThanks for you offer, Łukasz - I am also considering printing these decals on my own (black rectangles with thin frames are not so difficult to draw, I suppose 😉 ) Still, I think I will take a break from this project for a while...
18 May 2023, 17:28
Ludvík KružíkDakota looks very good with the decals applied. 👍
The damaged black lines are a shame, but I think the windows can do without them.
The possibility of the decals not being of good quality or some of them getting damaged during application is why I scan the decal sheet first. Unless it's white lettering and characters, it's no problem to print new decals and use them in place of the damaged ones.
18 May 2023, 20:35
John HughesLudvik makes a good point. When uploading instructions to the site, scan the decals too.
18 May 2023, 21:11
Ludvík KružíkI accept that it is extra work and not strictly necessary in this case. But given the simple shapes of the damaged decals, it would be possible to scan the decals in this condition and then repair the damaged lines in one of the graphic editors. Or the windows could be painted new ones. Then it wouldn't even be a problem to incorporate reflections into the windows as Bruce suggested. For myself, I can recommend a simple vector graphics editor - Inkscape.
19 May 2023, 06:58
Robert PodkońskiIf I only posessed such skills, Ludviku... I think I will find much simpler solution (that is within my natural capabilities 😉
19 May 2023, 08:56
Łukasz GlińskiChecked the stash, I have only DC-8/9, Viscount and modern airliner windows available 🙁
19 May 2023, 09:44
Erik De SmetRobert, this is a very nice kit, I am building one too in Belgian Air Force colors
24 May 2023, 13:58
Ludvík KružíkHooray, the decal problem is solved. 😄
Robert, are you ready for more work on Dakota? It'd be a shame not to finish such a nice plane.
18 June 2023, 06:55
Robert PodkońskiI intend to resume my work on this plane this very week, Ludviku 😉
18 June 2023, 08:48
Ludvík KružíkI wish you a smooth construction process and look forward to the continuation.
When I was looking at Łukasz Gliński's Dakota, I remembered that I have an old Revell Dakota kit (1:72) in my closet. I used to want to build one with a military "coat". Now I'm glad that didn't happen. Thanks to your and Luke's build, I came to the conclusion that the civilian designation suits her much better. So I'll leave my favorite 1/48 scale for a while (after finishing the Hindu rebuild) and relax with building a DC-3 in Czechoslovakian Airlines colors in 1/72 scale. 😉
18 June 2023, 19:17
Ludvík KružíkIt's very good that you didn't let the problems discourage you and Dakota was given one last chance and the model was completed. The silver and white colouring with blue accessories suits this machine very well. I like the finished model very much. 👍
17 April, 09:36
Robert PodkońskiThanks, Greg, you're too kind... this was a tedious journey and I am not wholly satisfied with the outcome... Still, I've done my best against all odds 😉
20 April, 06:24
MarkoNice result, I like the LOT-Livery. The trouble with the decals again, that's often a tough game... 👍
20 April, 06:33
Robert PodkońskiThank you, Marko 🙂 Indeed, laying decals was the most discouraging stage of this build...
20 April, 06:35
