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Q/A & Help Group 9 years, 8 months ago I love the fact that there are people out there who are helping us answer these questions 🙂 … silly question, i don’t read Japanese, how would you distinguish the dry transfer stickers vs. water slide decals , i have the sinanju stein and v gundam ver ka and i am not sure what type of decals are included.
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First off, stickers are not the same as dry transfers. 🙂 Dry transfers are way better, but unforgiving if you make a mistake…
Dry transfers come on a transparent plastic sheet, bundled with a matching-size sheet of paper to protect the markings. They’re sometimes called “rub-on” markings because that’s how they work.
Sticker sheets will have a paper backing and a clear film that extends to the ends of the sheet. If you can peel up a corner of the sheet in a place where there’s not a marking, it’s a sticker sheet.
Water decals are basically printed onto the paper. There’s generally clear film on the sheet only in places where there’s a marking.
Bandai doesn’t include water decals with very many kits, sadly. Some of the really old kits (like MSV and Real Type) had them, and the MG Nu Gundam ver. Ka have them, and the UC Hard Graph kits have them… And not much else does, not with the standard kit anyway. So if it’s a MG kit or a HGUC kit, it probably doesn’t have water decals.
Thanks for the usual help mate 🙂
waterslides seem to be considered the best however they’re also probably the hardest to work with.
Stickers are easy just peel and stick but the problem is the edge they make which is hard to hide.
Dry transfers are delicate, you’ll need to cut them from their sheet, align them then rub the back till the whole thing sticks and if you miss a spot you’ll have bits of the transfer missing. You can overcome this by taping the transfer in place before rubbing and being thorough with the rubbing. Also they’re a pain to work with on any surface that’s not flat.
Waterslides need a delicate touch and a bit of patience. you soak them and slip them in place then drag them into place without a backing of any sort, you have to be careful of ripping them or wrinkling them and have to keep them wet till they’re in place, but on the up side as long as they’re wet you can keep fixing them till they’re exactly how you want them.
To add, I used to be scared of waterslides. I was lucky to have a few years younger girlfriend that’s been into F1 model kits and these are waterslide heavy! So I went with the simple solution, if she can do it, so can I. I was shy at first but (like with all other things) found out that there’s nothing to it. It’s much, much easier than dry transfers and much more forgiving. You need to coat both of them though because they’ll just fall off in time if you don’t. In my honest opinion, waterslides come first, dry transfers second and regular stickers last. But that’s just me.
Thanks you guys for the support…. I tried both dry transfer decals and the stickers very straightforward… The only issue I am finding with water slide decals is that everyone is using something called Mr. mark Setter and I don’t have access to that where I am and. Can’t get it online 🙁