Lessons learned from my almost complete build.

[Olivetti20]

1,don't use cutters on tiny parts..the shock can(has) break them.

2,.Avoid adding delicate parts too early on.
3-attach canopy at the last minute(and don't get glue on it.
I'll post pics when complete and ask advice on the way.
Including why my decals are coming off and what glue to use on canopys.
Happy(?)Modelling!

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These are the things all of us discover the hard way

[Guest]

1,don't use cutters on tiny parts..the shock can(has) break them.

2,.Avoid adding delicate parts too early on.
3-attach canopy at the last minute(and don't get glue on it.
I'll post pics when complete and ask advice on the way.
Including why my decals are coming off and what glue to use on canopys.
Happy(?)Modelling!

Hello Gary,Pleased to see you have entered the 'what if i did this first' area of modelling.
We have all been there and many of us long before the internet was even a word when we could call on others for advice.
Decals coming of could mean that you are using matt paint without a gloss varnish that the decals can grip onto. Glue for canopy's, small amounts of pva/white glue it will dry clear.
Looking forward to the pics, and advice, just ask away no matter how silly it may appear.
Mike.

[Olivetti20]

Hello Gary,Pleased to see you have entered the 'what if i did this first' area of modelling.
We have all been there and many of us long before the internet was even a word when we could call on others for advice.
Decals coming of could mean that you are using matt paint without a gloss varnish that the decals can grip onto. Glue for canopy's, small amounts of pva/white glue it will dry clear.
Looking forward to the pics, and advice, just ask away no matter how silly it may appear.
Mike.

Thanks for that,yes my decals are on matt paint.Luckily i've on applied 2 tiny ones so far.I have ordered but yet to try 'decal fix' hoping that this will do a better job

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Thanks for that,yes my decals are on matt paint.Luckily i've on applied 2 tiny ones so far.I have ordered but yet to try 'decal fix' hoping that this will do a better job

Gary,
You need a gloss or satin varnish to be applied first, and then the decalfix.
Mike.

[Guest]

Decals coming of could mean that you are using matt paint without a gloss varnish that the decals can grip onto.

Or applying them to bare plastic. The only ones I ever found that could were Matchbox’s (and not the Revell re-issues), everybody else’s came loose eventually, and usually sooner rather than later.