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Indy1977TX wrote:Indycals has several options http://indycals.net/decals/tires.html

Jordan

Yes, I saw the ones at Indycals. The rings are gold, but the Firestone letters look white, unless I'm mistaken?

Hi guys. Anyone know a source for 1/24 Firestone decals in gold colour? It's for a Fujimi Ferrari 330P4. For some reason my kit doesn't seem to include them. I'd also probably be able to use a paint template, but everywhere I've looked is sold out (Acu-Stion brand) Thanks in advance

Use a punch and die set to "cut" the gauge faces out. As for them disintegrating, it sounds like they're old decals? But as already stated a coat of the Microscale liquid decal film will stop that happening..

Never had to put decals in boiling water? Sounds like an excuse for poor quality decals. Why they don't just get a decal maker such as Cartograf to make the decals on their behalf is beyond me? Surely the high price of the kits warrants that?

Tamiya as the manufacturer of choice for F1, rally and others has been dead for years. Sure, I liked the times when they used to churn out the new kits at a fantastic pace and they were lovely kits, no doubt. But they don't do that anymore. Plenty of new rally stuff from Belkits, Beemax/Aoshima etc,...

Looks fantastic, looking forward to watching this one come together!!

You won't really be able to totally eradicate any masking step. I've used micro-mesh before to knock the step down and then a few layers of clear to level everything up afterwards.

I built this kit a long time ago and converted it to Rally Finland. I remember it fought me all the way and I was glad to finish it. You made a lovely job of yours, be proud, it's not the easiest kit to build, Tamiya quality, but quite tricky to paint and assemble well..

Beautiful work, the shock absorbers look fantastic!!! The engine is a model all by itself, looking great!! Merry Christmas to you and thanks for posting your progress..

Beautiful work on both models!!