richardf
Veteran
Location: San Diego, CA Posts: Billions and Billions
| Freya with WC decalsIn a previous post, I talked about changing the standard Freya decals over to the WC decal kit. The decals are about $34 dollars, so I was a little concerned about getting them applied to the plastic Freya canopy. I would really hate to have gone to all that work and end up with a botched job. After I removed the old decals, I used straight Simple Green degreasing and cleaning stuff to clean up oil traces. Then I used kitchen dish soap and water just to make sure. I used Simple Green and water, mostly water to get a nice slippery surface to apply the decals to, this lets them float and lets you position them. Keep in mind these are large decals, 3 pieces, one nose cap, then the trailing side pieces. I did have to cut a small slice in the front because the compound curve won out in the battle of getting a flat decal to lay flat on a curve, hmmm. As they sit for a while they start to stick and I did have a few bubbles and a couple of edges that refused to stick. All of these parts of the decal got a thin film of Zap glue, followed by a paper towel to wick up the excess. Part two will no doubt have me cursing about having used the glue in the first place, and how hard the decals are to get off. In all honesty, the Freya does look better to me in the air. These old eyes are able to see some of the subtle changes in roll attitude now so I can enter the loops straight and have a much better chance of coming out right. Pictures of the bleach bottle with WC decals "coming soon".
Richard. |
