Mirage 2000C `Tigermeet`

[Mence]

Great progress Boots but very sad to see you had a prof like problem with the decs.

If all else fails, could you create your own template from masking and AB on some new ones?

[`Boots`]

Dan, Prof and Eth............thank ya kindly fellas, all the positive comments from you guys gives me the enthusiasm to brush this little issue aside and get a grip..............i will be seeing this one thru too the end so make no mistake about that.......it`ll just take a little longer thats all , i`ll make a start this week on plans of which avenue to use, thankfully the decs are mostly straight lines and not curves!!!!........thanks again fellas for all the pos vibes

[robbo]

Your doing a great job mate, looks very nice

[Leon]

Thats the spirit Boots.Keep moving forword

[wbill76]

Tiger Meet schemes are always eye-catching, hopefully you can find a back-up source before resorting to the paint repair Boots!

[`Boots`]

Robbo, Leon and Bill..............thank ya kindly fellas

Well after much deliberation i decided to have a crack at fixing those decs..........after much head scratching as to how i was going to do it i came up with a plan

And here is the finished repair job............it`s about 99.9% ok in my opinion.

Before......



Afterwards.....



I completely rebuilt them..............the black arrows were made from some left over decal sheet from another build..............the yellow was sourced from a spare dec that wasn`t going to be used in this kit, i managed to scrape together enough from a wasp!!!!!

This is the remains of the wasp!!!!



I carefully cut out 1mm shapes and put it together like a very small jigsaw.............thankfully there was just enough to use!!!............they have had plenty of `Sol` to bed them in and with a clear coat they will look fine.................never again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, has to be one of the most tedious jobs i`ve had the pleasure of doing!!!

Anyway...........back on track now and hope to get the remaining fuselage decs on a bit later

Thanks fellas..............not really an update but i`m pleased to be back in the game!!

[Deleted]

I knew you'd pull it outa' the bag  anyone who can 'battle taxi' wont be stopped by a decal .. pha
Looks great buddy

[`Boots`]

((LOL)).............thanks Steve , Yeah i`m a happy bunny again now .........

[bbd468]

Feb 7, 2013 14:58:29 GMT -5 @stevem said:

I knew yuo'd pull it outa' the bag  anyone who can 'battle taxi' wont be stopped by a decal .. pha
Looks great buddy

Right on to that!!! The Tiger Meet looks Delicious!

[Deleted]

That is one Fandabidosie save with the decs fella!!!! Looking forward to the next bit of progress!!!

[`Boots`]

Thanks Gary and CB , CB....couldn`t let ya down mate , was a bit of a PITA occurance but i was determined to get this fine lady back in the air

[Mence]

Fantastic recovery Boots, brilliant job my friend..

[`Boots`]

Faaanx maaate ...............better not do it again `eh ((LOL))

[Mence]

It's easily done mate, doing race bike builds, I have learnt over the years never to throw away spare decals no matter what they are from as often they can rescue a build.

[fightnjoe]

fantastic fix.


joe

[deafpanzer]

Puurrfect! Knew you'd fix it...

[`Boots`]

Prof...........yip i make ya right, these are little lessons i`m learning as well.............keep everything ((LOL))

CS............thanks mucka and nice too see ya drop by

Joe.............thank you kindly buddy

Andy........puuurrfect((LOL)), thank you as well my friend

[`Boots`]

Thanks Mark ...........s`funny really coz it seemed the easiest option, trying to trace out something small like that was a real challenge and masking off to try and re-spray them could have resulted in the masking tape removing even more of the existing decal.......the yellow part has a 0.5mm edge to it so if i`d masked up tight to get the right shape it may well have risked lifting it on removal, thanks for the kind words buddy and it`s the positive vibes from you guys that kept me in check with re-working it.......

[`Boots`]

((LOL))......faanx mate , yeah i`m gonna stick a quick layer on those ones to be on the safe side Dicky, then i`ll add the remaining 60 odd

[`Boots`]

((LOL)).........probably not a bad idea!!!, you watch i`ll get them all in situ and then drop the ferkin` thing ...........ooops.....better not tempt fate

[wbill76]

Now that's what I call an elegant solution to a tricky problem! Will never be able to tell there was a patch job done Boots, nice work!

[TRM]

That's the S**T Mark!! Nice work and ingenuity!! 10 on the recovery meter!!!

[modelfreak72]

Sweet save with the decals!

[danb.]

Great save Boots knew ya would get it done ok

Dan B

[bullardino]

That's the heck of a recovery, my friend. It doesn't look you had to correct something... Can't wait to see it finished

[`Boots`]

Bill, `T`, Pete, Dan, Lui and Eth.................thank you very much for the nod of approval on the dec repair .............although it was a bit of a pain it was well worth the evenings work to get her done, onwards and upwards now guys

Ok so now thats done i`ve moved onto finishing the decs on the upper fuselage...............i estimated that there is about 60-70 applied so far, still got the underneath decs to add and i reckon there is about another 20 or so to do.................here`s the WIP so far......











And an overall shot............



Thanks for looking fellas.................undercrackers time

[deafpanzer]

WOW! Really looking good especially the tiger! Did it come in just one piece decal or two? That tail would have made me very nervous to apply while attached to the body.

[`Boots`]

Thanks Andy , the `Tiger` dec came as one fella..............just had to be a bit gentle and coax the tail over the tailfin root..............then plenty of `Sol` to settle it in, the decs themselves are quite sturdy i have too say.................unless ya get masking tape too close

[Mence]

That is superb, great looking piece of work!

[`Boots`]

Thanks Prof glad you likee bud