masking straight lines

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Count DeMoney - 14 Aug 2006 17:10 GMT

I am having a little difficulty masking straight lines on the hull of a
ship kit I am working on. It is a 3 color application and with all the
curves of the hull I can't seem to get everything to look straight.
Anyone have any tips or secrets to share?

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Ron Smith - 14 Aug 2006 17:41 GMT

Mount it on pedestals made of styrene tubing and make sure it's level
both fore & aft and side to side, then use a compass that locks and mark
the lines. Just like scribing a cabinet to a wall.

> I am having a little difficulty masking straight lines on the hull of a
> ship kit I am working on. It is a 3 color application and with all the
> curves of the hull I can't seem to get everything to look straight.
> Anyone have any tips or secrets to share?

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Mark M - 14 Aug 2006 21:12 GMT

Mark your lines with a pencil.
Then slit some masking tape down to about 1/16th of an inch to do around the
curves and other hard to mask areas, then fill in the rest with which ever
size masking you need.

Cutting your tape down to an 16th of an inch allows it to stretch and
conform to hard to mask areas.

Get some Tamia masking tape too, works awesome. I use the blue stuff for
the rest of my masking and large areas.

HTH...Mark

>I am having a little difficulty masking straight lines on the hull of a
> ship kit I am working on. It is a 3 color application and with all the
> curves of the hull I can't seem to get everything to look straight.
> Anyone have any tips or secrets to share?

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