Forty year old UTA DC-8

HNL-Chris · 10-22-2003, 05:36 PM

This is a 1/144 agents display model produced in the early sixty's in France. It is hollow core resin. The decal work has become yellowed and we're trying to have it restored.

flieger · 10-22-2003, 05:54 PM

What you are gonna make with this model? I cannot find anything, that requires restoration. Maybe a careful cleaning. The yellowed decals can't be refreshed anyhow.

It's beautiful! Keep it as it is!

V1UHOH · 10-27-2003, 08:41 AM

Not sure if this technique will work in this case, but when I am working with a decal sheet that has yellowed, all I have to do is put the sheet in a window facing the sun(but not prone to moisture) and the yellow usually goes away in a few hours to a day. Don't know if it will work if the decal is already on the model though........

HNL-Chris · 10-27-2003, 09:23 AM

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Originally posted by V1UHOH
Not sure if this technique will work in this case, but when I am working with a decal sheet that has yellowed, all I have to do is put the sheet in a window facing the sun(but not prone to moisture) and the yellow usually goes away in a few hours to a day. Don't know if it will work if the decal is already on the model though........

Thanks, I may give that a try.

10-22-2003, 05:36 PM	#1
HNL-Chris Insane Collector Join Date: May 2000 Location: Honolulu, HI/Denver, CO USA Age: 24 Posts: 2,087	Forty year old UTA DC-8 This is a 1/144 agents display model produced in the early sixty's in France. It is hollow core resin. The decal work has become yellowed and we're trying to have it restored. __________________ To visit Chris and Jack's 1/400 & 1/500 photo albums at, Click here or our web site at http://www.hnl-chris.com

10-22-2003, 05:54 PM	#2
flieger Master Collector Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: DARMSTADT Age: 40 Posts: 515	Restored? What you are gonna make with this model? I cannot find anything, that requires restoration. Maybe a careful cleaning. The yellowed decals can't be refreshed anyhow. It's beautiful! Keep it as it is!

10-27-2003, 08:41 AM	#3
V1UHOH NARF! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: barnstorming the 3rd world in ***** slapped retro heavy metal three holers! Age: 39 Posts: 606	Not sure if this technique will work in this case, but when I am working with a decal sheet that has yellowed, all I have to do is put the sheet in a window facing the sun(but not prone to moisture) and the yellow usually goes away in a few hours to a day. Don't know if it will work if the decal is already on the model though........ __________________ This is the earth. And this is Pinky. You can tell the difference quite easily. One is a lump of inert matter hurtling blindly through the void. The other... is the earth.

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