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Unusual Aircraft Models From Unicraft

 

An interesting assortment of Unique WWII and Post-WWII aircraft designs from Unicraft. Most are those Drawing Board Dream Machines (that some online sources want folks to think Actually Flew), and some actually made it to the prototype phase. Still a pretty cool collection for us lovers of Strange Birds!?
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Dan G
Ron Hunt
 

They have some really cool projects but the cost without decals and experience I have had with those odd ball companies will keep me away from them.

Ron

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Dan G via Groups.Io <Grauwulf@...> wrote:
An interesting assortment of Unique WWII and Post-WWII aircraft designs from Unicraft. Most are those Drawing Board Dream Machines (that some online sources want folks to think Actually Flew), and some actually made it to the prototype phase. Still a pretty cool collection for us lovers of Strange Birds!?
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Keep It FUN!
Dan G


 

YEAH! What is up with that "No Decals Included" BS??? I've been seeing that a lot of late. Granted you can usually get what you need/want elsewhere, but WHY make such a little thing such an added hassle for your customers??? Are they trying to drive them off to other dealers???

Keep It FUN!
Dan G
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Ron Hunt
 

My complaint about lack of decals is from 2 reasons, both I have run across numerous times. Trying to find the correct size of markings for a particular subject and the added cost! It is not all that unusual to have to spend $20 to get decals for a project therefore making the original project a whole lot more expensive than it needed to be. I no longer knowingly?will buy anything I need decals for, it just isn't worth it in the long run.

Ron

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 9:29 AM, Dan G via Groups.Io <Grauwulf@...> wrote:
YEAH! What is up with that "No Decals Included" BS??? I've been seeing that a lot of late. Granted you can usually get what you need/want elsewhere, but WHY make such a little thing such an added hassle for your customers??? Are they trying to drive them off to other dealers???

Keep It FUN!
Dan G
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I'll add a Third Personal Gripe = The decals LOOK like decals. No matter how close you trim them, or try to weather them, etc they still all look like something that was stuck on rather than originally painted. --- Seen some Darn Nice Used&Abused aircraft, ship, vehicle and spaceship models where the weathering, battle fatigue, exhaust streaking, etc is just FANTASTIC! But the darn markings all look like decals. Especially true when working with 1/72 scale like I prefer. = Just Too Darn tiny to hand paint/mask.

Have you tried any of those Print Your Own programs??? Seen a lot of free multi scale sheets available online. Especially for WH40K type stuff.?

Keep It FUN!
Dan G
Ron Hunt
 

I have printed my own decals in the past, Testors was giving away software to do it ... plus there are tons of free "T-Shirt" making software that works. I never found a way to make them any better than what I could buy. What I did find was it made a HUGE difference in what the decals looked like on the model depending on what solvent was used and the base paint they went on. I have seen tons of models where it looks like the decals are painted on but the decals are all done in the last few years with very thin decal paper ... not the decals that come with kits.

Ron

On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Dan G via Groups.Io <Grauwulf@...> wrote:
I'll add a Third Personal Gripe = The decals LOOK like decals. No matter how close you trim them, or try to weather them, etc they still all look like something that was stuck on rather than originally painted. --- Seen some Darn Nice Used&Abused aircraft, ship, vehicle and spaceship models where the weathering, battle fatigue, exhaust streaking, etc is just FANTASTIC! But the darn markings all look like decals. Especially true when working with 1/72 scale like I prefer. = Just Too Darn tiny to hand paint/mask.

Have you tried any of those Print Your Own programs??? Seen a lot of free multi scale sheets available online. Especially for WH40K type stuff.?

Keep It FUN!
Dan G


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