Wood grain decals from..

[Eighth Air Force Pilot]

I'm tinkering with my WNW Snipe (Early) and I'm already think about that Albatros and the D.V.II..I noticed a link here on the forum for Uschi van der Rosten. So, curiousity being what it is, I checked it out and lo an behold I found wood grain decals used on the Albatros..So has anyone ever used these things? And if so, can you lend me some insight into them? I've already planned on using oils and acrylics to get the grain effect, but I'm always willing to try something new...and maybe slightly easier.

 

[JeroenPeters]

They're great!

And you can get them right here www.arrow-wolf.com

[James H]

Moved to correct forum area

 

I used Uschi decal on my LVG fuse:

 

 

 

[Eighth Air Force Pilot]

Thanks for the move. I didn't realize I posted in the wrong place...it was a long day at work today! 

 

James, did you need to use solveset to get these to lay better?

[James H]

I think I used Microset/Microsol...whichever is the least violent of the two. They didn't need anything apart from an initial application, and the decals conform well to the curves of the gunner cupola ring. I added area that in 4 parts.

 

I think the whole lot took a couple of hours to decal.

 

You have to lay down a base colour, and I post shaded the paint before adding the decals.

[Eighth Air Force Pilot]

Ok, I was looking that over again and I thought you might have post shaded. I really like how that turned out! 

[WillScarlet]

  Glad I caught this, as I'm about to use these decals on the interior of my Snipe. Didn't know you had to prepaint a base color. Thanks.

 

Will