JASDF UH-60J Blackhawk

[chriswil42]

Just finished this one. A Fujimi kit  (1/72nd) I bought some considerable time ago. When I came to build it the decals had all crinkled up and were totally unusable. After a lot of thinking, head scratching and internet surfing I finally did two things:
I bought a second kit at great expense from the usa  (there seems to be a world shortage of Fujimi kits) which had decals for one and a half models. To get to double up the additional decals I neededI bought  some water slide sheets (both clear and white). I scanned in the decals from the new model and I was eventually able to print some off. These incuded the Japanese roundels and the black roof patches. I was quite surprised how weel the printed decals went on - they were very thin.
The model was airbrushed with mr hobby paints and Fiat white and then varnished.

[zak]

Very nice.
It is surprising how good the decal sheets are.

[MSea]

good idea Chris -- sorting out a problem and getting an extra model to make.

[Bob C]

Another nice chopper.

[Bigkev]

Hi Chris,
That looks really nice.
Excellent work with the decals.
Bigkev

[Red Lancer]

Chris, when making the new decals did you use a laser or inkjet printer?

[chriswil42]

I uesd an inkjet printer. The instructions with the decal sheets suggested 3 coats of varnish - I did 4 of gloss. Then I left them overnight (probably about 24hrs) before using them.