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                        Masking REALLY small canopys

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                        Bones-coa
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Savannah, GA USA
                        Masking REALLY small canopys
                        Posted by Bones-coa on Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:45 PM
                        Modelers, I've pretty much adopted masking canopys with tape for my models. However, imagine the front glass of a KC-97 in 1/144. For those not familiar with this aircraft, this area of a KC-97 is pretty much a B-29 or B-50. Well, for the purpose of explanation it is.

                        Anyway, I've tried my normal tape, burnish and cut method, but it's just too small. Is this a liquid mask moment? Or should I be doing something a bit differently?

                        Thanks.
                        Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)
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                        Quagmyre
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: and just won't go away.
                        Posted by Quagmyre on Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:10 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Bones-coa

                        Is this a liquid mask moment?


                        Yes. Applied with a needle or tooth pic and very steady hands. One single malt aged 18 years should help with the hands. Any Glen will do. Good Luck.


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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:11 PM
                        On very small canopies, I just go at it with a paint brush. I generally don't mask anything over 1/48th unless it has a large frame area.
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                        Bones-coa
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Savannah, GA USA
                        Posted by Bones-coa on Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:14 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Scott53

                        On very small canopies, I just go at it with a paint brush. I generally don't mask anything over 1/48th unless it has a large frame area.


                        Normally, I would agree. However, this aircraft is NMF and will be sprayed with SNJ. It's not really an option in this case. Black Eye [B)]
                        Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:18 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Bones-coa

                        Normally, I would agree. However, this aircraft is NMF and will be sprayed with SNJ. It's not really an option in this case. Black Eye [B)]

                        Maybe you could try using thinly-cut strips of bare metal foil to represent the frames?
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                        Riceballtrp
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A little slice of heaven, Bishop, GA
                        Posted by Riceballtrp on Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:28 PM
                        On a kit this small, I use the bare metal foil method. It worked great on my 72nd scale B-36. If the a/c you are working on is not bare metal, take some decal paper and paint the chromate green first, the the fuselage color with your airbrush. Cut the size strips you need and apply like regular decals! Bingo, a great match. Good luck

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