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Old 03-22-2013, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
I used testor's gold paint with pen and brush. The decal shadow could faintly be seen so painted them kinda like paint by numbers. You have to have a steady hand so no coffee until thru or maybe a cold beer.
Not too many cold beers otherwise it might come out like Joan Crawford's eyebrows. I have a heart-breaker of a machine here Glenn. I can bring back the paint finish but if I do, the decals are gone. They seem to be suspended in the varnish top coat. (varnish-decal-varnish) And the topcoat varnish is alligator-ed and so severely yellowed, that it would be better if I took it down to good paint with no decals and either airbrushed them on or made decals and re-varnished them back into the machine. I can't decide. Your "paint by numbers" would work here but the decals will be long gone.
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