Decal not opaque

[Robertp]

The bar on the blue band is not opaque. What is the solution (what should I have done) for this problem? The decals where after market.

 

[moon puppy]

Think I would have panted a neutral background for the decal, or painted the stripe.

 

[jknaus]

Echoing Bob, but if you didn't know it was opaque that's a moot point. I guess the best thing to do if you want it brighter is to mask around the decal and paint it red to match the 1. Or just hope that a dullcoat over the model would meld things together and make the shade difference less noticeable.
James

PS nice paint job, I like it.

 

[Robertp]

I did not know this was going to happen. I am really not sure how to continue in future builds if the background color is dark. Maybe it was just this after market maker. Thanks for the complement jknaus. I just got back into modelling after many years. Interestingly, my double action airbrush skills are still good. Everything else is really bad (construction, decals, etc.)

 

[Iron Mike]

Moonpup had a similar experience with a decal maker, he wrote to them and got a second set to apply over the first set. Might be a possible solution?

 

[moon puppy]

They did, after a bit of a fight back and forth. Problem with that decal was it was printed wrong. The layers were backwards.

Robert I've sort of planned on the decal not being opaque on anything.

 

[Robertp]

Well I learned something and hopefully it well help someone else. Thanks for all the good suggestions.