Archer Fine Transfers 1/35
German WWII Balkenkreuz #1

If you are like me, you probably have mixed results using water slide type decals on your models. Gloss coating, using Future, decal solvents and then dull coat to make the carrier film disappear has not always been too successful for me.

Archer Dry Transfers to the rescue. Dry transfer, for those of you that are uninitiated, are rub on type decals. No water is needed as these self-adhere when burnished down with a blunt pointed tool or a ball point pen. The look absolutely painted on afterwards and there is no carrier film, like associated with most water-slide type decals found in most kits. There is also no need for the wetting agents and decal solvents for these also.

Archer transfers are very well done. Multiple colors are always in register I have found. There is a vast variety of markings for armor subjects to be found in the Archer offerings and his line of transfers subjects is constantly growing.

This particular sheet is a MUST for armor modelers. These  Balkenkreuzs (German national crosses) always appeared on  German armor and soft-skin vehicles. The sheet has four different styles of  Balkenkreuzs  on it (some in two sizes) in black and white. Archer also makes a second sheet of these crosses that have the early yellow and all white types (used during the invasion of Poland) and larger black ones with white border (AR35044). If you want to put crosses over zimmerit, there is a sheet of Balkenkreuzs for that also (AR35212)

Woody Vondracek of Archer Fine Transfers was kind enough to send me a review sample of one of his sheets of these markings.

Highly recommended.

I sincerely want to thank Archer Fine Decals for this review sample.