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VOLUME 12. ISSUE 135. OCTOBER 2016
REGULARS
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- EDITORIAL
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- NEWSLINE
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- EVENTS DIARY
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- CONTACTS DETAILS
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EDITORIAL
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS DICK WARD.
AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN PLAYING CATCHUP
EVER SINCE…
Written by Jonathan Mock
kay, probably an over exaggeration
of the history of kit decals, but it’s
no exaggeration to say that prior
to when British artist, researcher
and modeller Dick Ward started
doing decals for kits, they tended to be a bit of
an afterthought. A few national markings and
maybe a small, vague painting and placement
diagram and that was it. Dick’s thorough
approach and meticulous attention to detail
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redefined standards, and when he launched
his own Modeldecal range of decals, it was a
game changer. The old joke used to be that
people bought two of every new release - one
to use and one to keep. Looking back at some
of those early releases, they may seem a little
basic compared to what came later, but in the
context of the decal scene at the time - such
as it existed - they were nothing short of
revolutionary.
“
If you ever have the chance to meet Dick at Scale Model World,
thank him. Because without people like him, this hobby would
have advanced at a much slower pace
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The influence of Dick Ward was evidenced
in that other kit companies started to up their
game considerably and modellers started to
see lots of ancillary decals - like stencilling
and maintenance markings - appearing on kit
sheets. Dick’s abilities as a researcher also
found their way to the actual design of the kits
themselves - the days of consulting Aircraft of
the Fighting Powers as a reliable reference
were over!
The one thing that has changed over the
years is the technology that being used to
created decals, and the resources available.
Up until the advent of home computers
and vector drawing software like Freehand,
CorelDraw and Illustrator, decals were created
via the laborious method of hand drawn
artwork, cut and pasted up onto layouts with
copious notes to guide the printers as to
how to create the colour separations, which
themselves were the result of hours of work
with a reprographics camera. To say the
process took months is an understatement,
and the first time anyone got an idea of the
finished sheet would look like would be via a
first set of proofs.
The digital revolution changed that, just as
it did most things in the publishing or graphics
workplace. Now decals could be drawn on
screen, full size if necessary and then scaled
down to size, with layouts created without
the need for Spraymount and scalpels, with
proofs outputted on an inkjet or laser printer in
a matter of seconds. As far as film separations
went, these were done automatically straight
from the artwork. Likewise, methods of printing
have also improved, and while screen printing
decals is still labour-intensive, the results from
the top producers have a level of sharpness
that means even the smallest lettering can be
read.
The methods of research have also
changed, 35 mm film has given way to digital
cameras that are producing images to a
standard hitherto unimaginable, coupled
with the speed and lack of expense of
photo processing negatives and prints, not
to mention storing them. The internet has
enabled access to references that would have
had left modellers in the 1970 and 80s open
mouthed - imagine travelling back in time and
telling someone that one day they’d be able
to sit at their workbench and call up colour
photos of cockpits, weapons, colour schemes
etc., watch how-to modelling videos and be
able to talk to people via texts, mail messages,
forums and even make video calls in real time,
all on a device little bigger than a packet of Top
Trumps!
But what hasn’t changed over the years is
the research, which brings us back to what
makes Dick Ward such a pioneer. He was
meticulous, travelling up and down the country
to photograph aircraft at airbases and air
shows, building contacts with squadrons and
manufacturers to get original GA drawings and
building up a vast reference library. His near-
forensic approach to the subject matter, couple
with his not inconsiderable penmanship as
an artist, meant that his work stood head and
shoulders above what anyone else was doing
at the time. And, in some regards, his template
for aftermarket decals remains unmatched
even into the second decade of the 21st
century.
So the next time you look at that kit decal
sheet and grumble at all those stencils that are
going to take a couple of evenings to apply
(who said this hobby isn’t value for money?),
try and remember what it used to be like, how
vague and inconsequentially kit companies
used to treat decals. And if you ever have the
chance to meet Dick at Scale Model World,
thank him. Because without people like him,
this hobby would have advanced at a much
slower pace.
Now, where are my scissors and dish of
tepid water..?
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