How can you place a metal template against the fin of an aircraft model
and have it be flush enough to not feather out when painting?
With curves, rivets and panel lines I don't see how to get around this.
Craig
Why not place it over some clear decal film - and paint the swastika
onto that ??
Or better yet, get a sheet of swastika decals ???
Ken
snipped-for-privacy@earthl> How can you place a metal template against the fin of an aircraft model
"Ken Duffey" wrote
Ugh - you airplane guys and your decals. . .
To answer the original question, if you don't think you can get a clean
mask, get frisket paper and use the metal stencil to make a frisket stencil
that is self-adhesive and very thin. Apply to model, paint, and remove.
KL
Up until 1986 I was a keen aircraft modeller and I amassed a large
collection of Modeldecal sheets, many of which were never touched. After
1986 I simply didn't have time to do any modelling, so the decal sheets were
bundled up in a plastic bag and placed in storage in the loft of a barrack
block. On returning to the UK and moving into a house, they were shoved in
my own loft. There they remained until about a year ago, when I decided to
try my hand at a few more aircraft models.
After nearly 20 years of neglect, all of the decals - Modeldecal,
Microscale, Bare-Metal alike -are still perfectly useable. There are a lot
of nice Hunter schemes just itching to be placed on the new Revell model!
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