Today's topic covers a problem that all scale modelers eventually face... problems with decals. Or, rather, lets call it, "Fun With Decals," to keep things positive. The particular method covered here is a good hack to have in your modeling tool box, especially if you're one of those fearless hobbyists who works with older kits and their decals. Besides..., it IS different and a lot of fun! It all started with... The Kit I recently got a pre-owned, "open-bag" kit of Hasegawa's Hawker Hurricane, their discontinued SEAC* boxing, Kit #JT-152. The boxtop Now, I like Spitfires as much as the next guy, but the rugged Hurricane is my favorite British WWII fighter, and this Hasegawa molding is good. It is what I would call a first generation, "high detail" kit, from the 1990's. It has a couple of engineering oddities – a Hasegawa trademark - but it has very good detail across the board. In my opinion, it ...