Waterslide decals on old Matte Yammies

[raptormesh]

Hi guys,

Looking for advice here, I am planning to place some waterslide decals on a few matte Yamato birds and am wondering if I need to sand or use primers. Does anyone have any experience with this? I read about using a waterslide prep solution but that's just to allow the decal to slide freely right? Just worried about the decals peeling over time. 

Thanks!

[NZEOD]

they need to go on a gloss finish. You could try dipping them in Future before sliding them into position

[raptormesh]

3 hours ago, NZEOD said:

they need to go on a gloss finish. You could try dipping them in Future before sliding them into position

 

Thanks! Will try that. 

[mickyg]

While gloss is ideal, I've had reasonable success without it on Yamato VF-1 valks. Though that was on white, admittedly. What are you wanting to tackle?

Might be worth looking at @no3Ljm's progress on his Arcadia valks for some tips. Since we're usually dealing with lighter plastics, you can get away with a lot less surface prep than you would on a darker model. 

[chyll2]

13 minutes ago, mickyg said:

While gloss is ideal, I've had reasonable success without it on Yamato VF-1 valks. Though that was on white, admittedly. What are you wanting to tackle?

Might be worth looking at @no3Ljm's progress on his Arcadia valks for some tips. Since we're usually dealing with lighter plastics, you can get away with a lot less surface prep than you would on a darker model. 

water slide decal silvering is really noticeable on dark surface. If it is a white plastic/white painted surface, I dont think you will have a problem. I had reasonable success as well on using decals on satin finish (painted with Tamiya AS spray paint) surface and bare plastic of Bandai.

 

[raptormesh]

23 hours ago, chyll2 said:

water slide decal silvering is really noticeable on dark surface. If it is a white plastic/white painted surface, I dont think you will have a problem. I had reasonable success as well on using decals on satin finish (painted with Tamiya AS spray paint) surface and bare plastic of Bandai.

 

Unfortunately I am attempting it on a very dark background. It's Gamlin's VF-22. 

23 hours ago, mickyg said:

While gloss is ideal, I've had reasonable success without it on Yamato VF-1 valks. Though that was on white, admittedly. What are you wanting to tackle?

Might be worth looking at @no3Ljm's progress on his Arcadia valks for some tips. Since we're usually dealing with lighter plastics, you can get away with a lot less surface prep than you would on a darker model. 

Thanks, will check those out. The water decals I am planning to use are quite small as well. Might make a few test runs before using the targeted decal.