Well, ok, it's new to me, just thought I'd pass this on...
I read about this somewhere, and in the grocery store this evening finally saw Glad Press N' Seal plastic wrap...
I've heard of guys using it for masking purposes, so for $3 I figured it's worth a try...well, I'm here to report...
I'm throwing away masking tape, parafilm, sticky notes, and all the other crap I've used for masking...THIS STUFF ROCKS.
It has the consistency of those plastic bags you get at the grocery store...except that when you apply pressure to it, it sticks. It's not all sticky until you press down on it, which means that unlike tape, you can move the pieces around until they're in the position you want...no residue either.
It has a patterned surface, which disappears when it's burnished down over a surface. I've just finished masking and spraying my 1/48 Gloster Meteor, a process that normally takes me 2-3 days, waiting for paint to dry before applying masks, etc...I've done this model in under 3 hours, both upper surface colors.
Since I was experimenting with it, I used airbrush pressures up to 60psi and it didn't lift off. When I finished the spray, I pulled the mask off and it didn't take the underlying paint off...it cuts easily with scissors for pre-cut shapes, or simply press a whole section down on a wing and cut the pattern with an x-acto knife.
You can get this stuff in any Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, or grocery store. My local grocery store didn't have it, but the one in the next town over had it. A roll is 75 ft long, enough to do ALOT of models.
This stuff has actually made airbrushing fun again...
Jeff Herne
Modelwarships.com