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Ryan Quoted Text
Ola Mal! Looking very nice as usual. Does the paint ruin the white tack? Or can you reuse it? How long does it usually take for you to mask of a AC like that? That is a nice technique you've got there.
There is suprisingly little paint on the White Tack, it was heavily thinned. When the Tack is pulled up it stretches and the paint that is on it is pulled apart. It all ended up in a ball. I have not tried to re-use any, but I think I could. I'll try some soon and get back to you :-) Took me about an hour and half to mask it, half an hour to spray it, waited half an hour for the paint to dry (taking pics at each stage) then removed the masking and took the final pics. Later posted here :-)
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Augie Quoted Text
Looks great! I was wondering what kind of scotch tape did you use? Is it the transparent kind or what? It's gotta be cheaper to use than the Tamiya masking tape I've been using.
It's the Scotch tape in the green plaid box, or the blue box which has less tack. I use Tamiya tape for the upper/lower demarcation including wing leading edges :-)
TankCarl Quoted Text
Now thats a good method.I am tinkering withthe idea of xerox(tm) the color instructions,and cutting out the various panels to use as masks.
Using the colour instructions is a good idea and I could really tell you why I didn't use that method. A combination of many reasons, the main one brobably being I like this method :-)
Scott Quoted Text
Intriguing technique. When I built my Tamiya Spitfire a few years ago, I freehanded the camoflauge, and I liked the results. I am now not sure that the lines are "tight enough" as they apparently laid rubber mats on the aircraft when they sprayed the camoflauge patterns. What do you think? By the way, apologies again for the crappy pics...
Yep my first Spitfire was freehanded and I loved the results:
I tried this method because, like you say, rubber mats were used as masks. I did try to make "rubber mats" out of the White Tack. I failed this time due to the fact that I couldn't roll the Tack out thin enough, it stuck to my roller. I have thought about dusting it with talcum powder. That will work, but my transfer it to the model? So I refined the basic sausage method by squashing the sausage flat, then cutting it down the middle. This is to represent the edge of the "rubber mat". I'm quite happy with the result.
Scott a very nice Spit. We seem to be quite close in our thoughts about and techniques in modelling :-) Remember you can't have to many Spitfires :-)
scoccia Quoted Text
Great idea Holdfast and, most important, it can be used on AFVs too!!! Nice camo job. Cannot wait to see the progress.
Ciao
If you don't want such a sharp edge, use just sausages. I roll a piece of White Tack between 2 lengths of MDF. This gives nice even lengths :-)
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