Jennifer Franklin
Where did you get a hold of a model kit from 1985? Very nice work so far. Following 👀.

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@Jennifer Franklin
Stash from my friend. The decals were printed in 2001, prehaps a rebox of a 1985 kit

Jennifer Franklin
Oh, oh well, 2001, practically new then 😁. Where did your friend get it?

DerMattes
Looks good so far, following 👍

Freak
Looks great, awesome job on the seam smoothing!
As far as old decals are concerned, I managed to salvage a 1985 Harrier kit's decals with Microscale Industries MI-12 liquid decal film and basic Revell Decal Soft.
Both come with good manuals, although the Revell softener is not nearly as strong or damaging as the manual suggests: I have repeatedly applied it in thick droplets with no ill effects.
Sea Harrier FRS.1, 70s, magnets | Album by Fr3ak (1:72)

Vincent
Good work on this old kit. Looking forward to see the end result!!

Nicolas
Nice work so far. With the Decals, just try some spares on some scrap parts or a test model. I had 30 year old decals witch workt without problems and 10 year old decals that just desintegrated when geting wet.

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@Freak very constructive idea! I am trying to get some liquid film for old decals!

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@Nicolas Thank you for your suggestion! Patience always works!

Rando
I see the liquid decal film helped? Looks amazing, love the look of the VF-53 livery, my most recent build was an Iron Angels F-8

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@Rando thank you for your kind words, my friend. In fact I used warm air from my hair dryer to make the decals soft, I am pleased to see those arts sticked to the airframe firmly finally. Regards!

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@Rando I have read your album, it is very nice. Actually I prefer 1/48 if I wanted to build something more seriously. It is pity that so many squadron has got disbanded including VF-53. I saw Hasegawa also released a 1/48 version of this very VF-53 CAG bird, I hope I can get that kit some day later and build one with more patience.