An 24RV with self made Decals

The AeroSvit/CS Airforce kit, will try to make the AFL811 plane in Soviet Aeroflot's 1973 livery 

Basic shapes with lots of putty and filler base before adding transparent glazing. 

After adding the glazing using the KV masks. 

Preliminary blue band (wrong design!) but to get the placement of windows. 

Measurement tests on transparent foil 

Measurement tests on transparent foil; as you can see cargo door is 1.5-2mm too large... (was design V2) 

Printing on transfer foil and secured with enamel clear varnish. 

After transfer of the cheatline - note many scratches in the unprotected acrylic gray (Valejo Air Model)... luckily the real AFL An-24s were pretty beat up as well! 

At scalpel tip there are An-24RV Labels (font is 3pt) and the outline inversion white !'s 

Cheatline design Version 4, as has been applied to model 

Some wrinkles in cheatline, will be gone after MicroSet 

Basic Scheme before outline inversion. 

Some fictional 2000s style Aeroflot livery Soviet flag is also included... for another project 

Miss-measured anti-glare black. The missing 3mm will be filled with scratch parts 

Demo print on photo paper - the black is printed in white on transfer paper 

Placed the little white ! For the inverted outlines at doors. White toner looks good. 

Design in Illustrator - a lot is repeating and not very compact... but as it is experimentation for myself, i dont need to economize on decal paper... 

Tiny white print before MicroSet 

Testing the Aeroflot 2000 style soviet tail flag… print looks fine, I just think it does not match that 73 scheme well… maybe if there was some fictional flag pole it would be better 

 

Masking for the metallic anti ice surfaces 

 

Metallic Inlet coverof the turboprop AI24 

After clear coat 

Placing the correct flags on the stabilizer 

After wedding of the aircraft with the engine naceles 

The cockpit emergency escape hatch will be closed soon