flieger

I finished this one yesterday. This is an old travel agency display model made by Fermo/Denmark. Scale is 1/72.
Model is an ex-Air Canada, which was transferred to Swissair because of completely faded decals.
The Swissair-Decals were supplied by F-Decal, which is the only company I know offering Decals for DC-9 in this scale (many thanks....). The decals for the vertical stabiliser are self-made to achieve better colour on the non painted alu.

I had severe problems to handle the laser printed Decals. The colour is weak, which gives good image only by application on white painted surface (see above). Protection of the decals with clear coat (even carefully!!) was not possible as well because of deterioration of the colour.

Has anybody of you out there some experience with processing of laser printed Decals?
Usually I prefer commercial decals regulary printed, but in some cases the desired scale or type is not available on the market.

Cheers

Chris

HNL-Chris

Now that's a fantastic model. Priceless!

I've not used lazer printed decals, but have used ink jet decals to varying degrees of success. In the case of ink jet, you must let them dry for twenty four hours before applying any fixative. I usually apply three coats, allowing 2 hours between each coat. Once applied to the model I use decal sealer and apply another coat of fixative. 90% of the time that works pretty well.

And your right, because the ink is transparent they will not work very well on anything but a white surface.

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flieger

No, not priceless. 210,- Euro + 20,- Euro for the decals. Forget about the paint.....

However, thanks for the flowers! But the photograph looks much better than the real model, since the alu is bit scratched and sectionally worn. Nevertheless I am satisfied with the finish...

Thanks for the info on the ink jets. In fact I am considering to buy one of those new Epsons which use water resistant ink. Price is low (ca. 200,- Euro). I just have to get used to have only white based liveries for re-finishing of these old models. Mostly no problem (->"Euro-white")