wonwinglo
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Getting better results & learning from our mistakes.
***Just remember this is all part and parcel of your learning curve,if we did not make mistakes or find out that things do not quite work as intended then this is better experience than any book can tell us,now is the time to sit back and think about how you can improve on these methods,perhaps opt for an entirely different approach.
My thoughts are that dont forget basically commercial masking tape is just that,coarse creped adhesive paper more suitable for masking a real car rather than a model,why not go for some of the fine Tamiya masking tape ? this is specially marketed for masking models with very little risk of the paint going underneath,personally I would forget masking a cockpit,go for painted strips of tape carefully applied,if you want a quick idea to get you going then visit a quality stationers and buy a roll of very narrow 'Chart tape' this is great for framing canopies and similar to the system we described here,if the colour is not what you want then just stroke the tape with a suitable colour once on the model,not too much though,experiment on any old model first,they are called 'Paint Hacks' you can play around to your hearts content.
Remember the old saying 'If at first you do not succeed,then try and try again' believe me we have all been through these stages where things do not quite turn out for the better.
***Just remember this is all part and parcel of your learning curve,if we did not make mistakes or find out that things do not quite work as intended then this is better experience than any book can tell us,now is the time to sit back and think about how you can improve on these methods,perhaps opt for an entirely different approach.
My thoughts are that dont forget basically commercial masking tape is just that,coarse creped adhesive paper more suitable for masking a real car rather than a model,why not go for some of the fine Tamiya masking tape ? this is specially marketed for masking models with very little risk of the paint going underneath,personally I would forget masking a cockpit,go for painted strips of tape carefully applied,if you want a quick idea to get you going then visit a quality stationers and buy a roll of very narrow 'Chart tape' this is great for framing canopies and similar to the system we described here,if the colour is not what you want then just stroke the tape with a suitable colour once on the model,not too much though,experiment on any old model first,they are called 'Paint Hacks' you can play around to your hearts content.
Remember the old saying 'If at first you do not succeed,then try and try again' believe me we have all been through these stages where things do not quite turn out for the better.
Well it's done, and i'd be lying if i said i wasn't a bit disapointed, it's far from perfect and could be better, im just trying to look at it like "it could be worse!"I obviously never masked it too well, and for some reason some small bits of masking tape seemed to turn all gooey and proved a bit difficult to remove again.
I'll post some pictures up later (need to go out right now) but they're kind of embarassing up close lol
Oh well, guess i'll put it down to experience and hope the next time turns out better.