I am near to atatching a heavily framed vacforme'd canopy to my latest aircraft model. Can someone sudgest the best way to mask the area's that I need to keep clear when all there is to define the outline of the actual glazeing are fine recesses in the thin material?
Thanks in advance
GOndor
I use the same technique as on cast canopies. It is indeed a bit harder and calls for more judgement on where the line should be, but it still works okay. Use a good tape, like the fine Tamiya stuff.
For the really tough ones Bare Metal Foil works well.
I have tried to burnish some Tamya tape onto the canopy but have had no sucess in finding the slight depretions where the edges of the frame are. Would useing Maskol be a reasonable alternative ?
Gondor
Trust your eye and not feel. Look at pictures or three views and put the edges where they should be, not where the molding forces them. Do it by sight, not feel. Sometimes the moldings are not that accurate.
Hey Gondor: I tried something on my 1/48 scale Horsa glider's large vac canopy: pinstripe tape! I found the correct width and color on Micro-Mark, and it worked out great! See
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