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I use tweezers and/or toothpicks and restick the used pieces on a piece of card stock.
Chemteacher So....lots of little pieces of tape it is. Still, it’s fun.
The masking itself is okay. The part I hate is discarding the used small pieces. I can't get it off my fingers. I pick it off the fingers of one hand, but then it sticks to the fingers in the other hand. So I go back with the first hand and... and so on ad infinitem.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
On the bench: Revell-USS Arizona; Airfix P-51D in 1/72
I try to avoid as much masking as possible. I paint the hull first, which of course takes some masking. Next, I paint the deck, before putting anything on it. I do not bother to mask off small details like like bits and and such, hand painting it after the deck is done. Then, I paint each subassembly, like deckhouses superstructure and masts when complete but before adding them to the deck. Sometimes I leave off the upper deck of a subassembly and add it after the subassembly is painted, and handbrush any exposed edge. Doing it this way avoids a lot of masking.
OMG my favorite part of modeling.
Put down a 9mm wide piece of tape about a foot long on your mat.
Cut them in 1/4" lengths.
Start somewhere and just put 'em down one at a time all around the base of everything.
Then fill in with bigger pieces of blue tape.
Bill
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
cut the deck railings off 1st.
this is my 1/429 scale Arizona kitbash http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=165105
Like many, I've returned to this hobby after a long hiatus. While I've built several aircraft, this is the first ship I've worked on since I was a kid. Actually, this is a rescue from the shelf of doom. My classic Revell USS Arizona has been in dry dock for a long time. Anyway, I have the anti-fouling and boot painted and just recently painted the deck. Now, I'm masking the deck to paint the superstructure, hull, barbettes, and various bits and bobs on deck. Whew! I just finished masking the after deck and am working forward-lots of little bits of tape. Anyone have any tips to make this easier? Let me say I am always impressed by the talent here. You folks are true masters.
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