Archer Fine Transfers
Rivets/Screws .011" (.28mm) Diameter

Okay, you're looking at this review and are probably thinking 'great, another visual pattern decal', right? NOT SO FAST! I saw some of Archer's earier offerings in this series and I was really surprised. What we have here is not what you think. These are decals that you apply BEFORE YOU PAINT.

Let's look at one of our past projects, say an Italeri tank or Monogram aircraft. Somewhere along the line, you had to do some filling and sanding to get the seams into realistic proportions. Unfortunately, many of the surface details around those seams disappeared in the process.

Archer Fine Transfers has come up with a brilliant solution. These are still waterslide decals, but there are precisely placed resin patterns applied to the clear decal film, in this case rivets or screw heads. Just before paint, simply select the rivet spacing and the length of rivet pattern you want, apply the decal(s) to the surface of your model, then paint. The decal disappears, but the raised resin patterns emerge out of the paint!

Archer offers a variety of patterns including simple lines of varying thickness that are perfect for restoring raised panel lines on Monogram kits. At last, here is a simple method to repair the surface detailing on your kit or to add details that are missing.

Definitely recommended!

My sincere thanks to Archer Fine Transfers for this review sample.