The most decals I've ever done! (Patreon)

My friends, the decals are done and I'm very happy about that! They were very easy to apply. The carrier film is very thin and it reacts beautifully to softening solutions! Luckily, VMS Decal Softener is pretty aggressive, so all I had to do was brush it over the decal and let it do its magic. No touching! The entire decal would nicely sink into the rough steel texture. Worst case scenario - I had to brush it twice. But no stippling or other brute force was required.

Some of the decals are truly massive, and it was the first time in many, many years that I made the most basic mistake - not pushing all of the air bubbles from under the decal! You can see that on the 8.5.43 decal on the left side. But I've got some interesting techniques planned that will completely hide that error.

Then I varnished the entire model. VMS flat on the primer, and satin on the Dunkelgelb parts. The varnish worked like magic again and the decals are beautifully integrated into the paint job.

In fact, I already started applying pin washes last night. I'll finish them today and then we'll turn the decals into dusty chalk marks!