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#42542 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Hello, I recently bought this kit which everyone praise and I found it really excellent, the only downside is the decals which are pre-yellowed  I tried the well-known trick of leaving them in direct sunlight for a few days and obtained nothing, they yellower too! Has anybody the same problem and tried a different solution? Thank you Fabio |
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#42544 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours 
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There is a Russian airline modeling blog thread about ICM kit. There is a member named "MaximF" that has created an accurate decal sheet for the kit (see example on this page of the blog): http://airliner-models.org/forum/topic/2828-tu-144-icm/page__st__140 However, I have not found anyway of purchasing them. Ivo at BraZ Models offers his three decal versions for the Tu-144. You can email him at: brazmodels@libero.it for price and availablility. I suspect that there will be some other offerings in the not to distant future. Rodger Cook |
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#42546 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote Yeah but no but yeah...BraZ decals are excellent but don't fit the ICM kit (windows differ). Except you would fill the windows and refuse the ICM kit advantage - clear windows! |
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#42548 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Except that the windows in the ICM kit aren't accurate either...
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#42550 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote "MaximF", alias Maxim Finchenko from Moscow, have got his own site: http://maximf.livejournal.com/ One may contact him directly, I suppose... With the best regards, |
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#42551 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote  Even "inaccurate" clear windows look much more realistic than "accurate" decal windows. |
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#42552 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Completely a matter subjective opinion. I disagree, but that's okay 
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#42553 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Anyone know if Maxim speaks English, and if there is an email address for him? I would love to get his Tu-144 decals.. J |
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#42554 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Think of the fantastic Tu154 built a few days ago you like so much, it has clear windows as well. Decals look toy like, no matter if the position, spacing, shape is ok. For me not only the geometric correctness but also the appearance is a very important part of cumulative accuracy. Like in a discussion we have had here a few weeks ago, the color of the coroguarddecal and not only its shape is part of the whole properness. |
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#42555 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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It's still a completely subjective matter of personal taste. You like it one way, others like it another way. Neither one is right and neither is wrong. I'm not going to try to convince you to my view... It just "is". It would be like trying to convince someone who likes redheads that brunettes are better. Or someone who likes vanilla that chocolate is better. It's just not going to happen, and it doesn't make any difference. J |
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#42556 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
Quote Well, it depends how many people "know" if the windows of a model kit are correct or not and I'm not the guy who measure it all out. I do not care if a window is 1/297 mm too short or to far left or what else. A model is a model and NEVER a 100% clone of it's original. We have always compromises. And decal windows looks always like a travel agency or a wooster model. I saw decal windows which were oblique or conspicuous to high or to low. In this case I always prefer a somewhat micro-inaccurate shaped or spaced clear window line - anytime! But, again and again: This discussion will NEVER come to an end - NEVER EVER! |
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#42557 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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It might be useful to take care about panel lines. Transparent windows vs. decals is a sophisticated matter. Models without panel lines might also look like toys but no one cares about...
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#42560 04-17-2012 GMT-5 hours
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1/144 scale clear window reproductions? Sorry but I will stay with decals. And yes, that is just "MY" taste. And what are these 1/144 scale models? A full replica of the 1/1 plane? I think.......TOYS!!!!!!! Model....Toys! Replica....Toys! Almost perfect....Toys! What ever, but toys. If you do no believe, ask the wife and she will tell you, Are you playing with your "TOYS" again? And yes, Maxim decals are super, if any one finds a way to get some, I am inn! Walter |
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#43270 06-08-2012 GMT-5 hours |
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Hello folks Now I'm with you on Airlinercafe! Thank you for your kind words about my Tu-144's decal. Now I prepared a new edition of decal. As you know, ICM Tu-144D kit is available and therefore I added new elements for two Reg. Nr. - CCCP- 77112(Sinsheim museum, Germany) and CCCP-77115(MAKS-2011, Zhukovsky) and couple stencil. This is screen shot of digital design  This decal will be available in two options- laser printed decal and silk printed decal and contain two options of Tu-144 and two Tu-144D, but only for one model. Laser decal is available now. Silk printed decal will be available soon, I hope witin one month. Any question about purchase on e-mail maximf(at)inbox.ru , please Maxim All the best |
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#43277 06-08-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Quote I have Maxim's laser printed version for the Tu-144D, and it is very well done. And the price is very fair. Rodger Cook |
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#43295 06-10-2012 GMT-5 hours
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Super cool!!! Maxim, e-mail sent! Walter |
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