Looking for the WIP thread describing how to make the RA-5C demarcation line

John, it's not that hard using silly putty as a guide along the long Vigilante fuselage. I have a gate guardian not far from me over at the Sanford Airport here in Central Florida. This Airport was a US Navy training base back in WWII thru Viet Nam and a Vigilante training base.

plasticjunkie

John, it's not that hard using silly putty as a guide along the long Vigilante fuselage.

Or just cutting masking tape with the aid of a French curve. The plastic 'craft' ones are easy to find...and it's a darned useful tool for the modeler in many masking situations.

gregbale

 

 

plasticjunkie

John, it's not that hard using silly putty as a guide along the long Vigilante fuselage.

 

 

Or just cutting masking tape with the aid of a French curve. The plastic 'craft' ones are easy to find...and it's a darned useful tool for the modeler in many masking situations.

 

Ha ha, thanks for reminding me about the French Curve set I bought at HL a while back, totally forgot about that one.

If you saw my B-52 article in the February issue, you'll see a craft scissor that cuts a uniform wavy line that may be just right on the Vigie:

PaulBoyer

If you saw my B-52 article in the February issue, you'll see a craft scissor that cuts a uniform wavy line that may be just right on the Vigie:

Thanks for that heads-up, Paul!

Didn't happen to catch that issue...but those scissors look ver-r-r-ry interesting....

They seemed to be either straight or wavy. If wavy, photos show a very slight variation, and irregular. Almost as if painted by hand. You could blow up a sideview and use as a guide to cut tape by hand.