Decals

[OldManModeller]

So, is it pronounced "deck-alls" or "dee-cals"?

I guess it's like aluminum. Pronounced alum, Inium or alum-inum.

Lol

Be Well. Model on.

Eric

 

[scottie]

I have heard them called both I don't think it matters to be honest, but you do say aluminium wrong

 

[Jakko]

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.kæl/
(US, Central Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdiːkæl/, /dɪˈkæl/
(Western Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɛkəl/

 

[OldManModeller]

I am currently not pleased with the "dee-cals" on my 1/35th Academy M18 kit. I think the clear dee-cal backing may have ruined this kit for me.

I will try a flat clear coat base overall and get into weathering but the large clear backing on the deck-alls has me wishing for something better. Kit is near end of completion... Guns not mounted, etc.

I use Micro-Sol and Mark Fit interchangeably. I used Micro Sol on this kit and I am stumped. It always works well for me.

 

[OldManModeller]

The matt clear coat fixed the decal issue....

 

[the Baron]

I first heard "deckles" from Scott Girvan when he started the predecessor to this forum, the Nerd Herd. It seemed to be more common in the other parts of the Anglosphere, while we Americans tended to say, "dee-kals".