Masking long lines on Hulls

I do mine just like Dick Wood but I use wax paper instead of newspaper.  I use spray can paint and not an airbrush so this insures that none of the paint soaks thru the paper.  I use to use regular masking tape after using the Tamaya and only recently started using the blue tape.  I love it.

I use the blue masking tape on occation, however, I did have one very bad experience with it. My advice, don't use it on Revell paint (or don't use Revell paint at all). The blue tape works well with other branches of paint though.

Thanks for the info, men.

The blue painters tape does not have as agressive an adhesive as regular masking tape, and requires more careful burnishing. I usually lay down several strips of blue tape, on glass, and cut 1/8" strips using a straightedge, and a sharp model knife. I try to never use the "manufactured edge" of the tape, always the freshly cut edge. Large areas are masked with paper cut to fit, and taped in place over the narrow strips.

Vinyl pinstriping tape,  this is what the custom painters use to edge their flame paint jobs.  This is not the stuff that is the final color pinstripe tape.   

Get it at the auto body and paint supply shop.  Mine is by 3M,  the size is about 1/8 inch wide.   It comes in various widths.   It is flexible and good for going around the compound curves, like at the stern.  

I strike a level line using a waterline tool then set one end.   Then pull it taut as you align the middle and end.   Place it where it needs to go around the stern & nudge it into place.    Burnish it down well.   Backfill the area above (or below) with some blue painters tape.  

I use this to mask my boot toppings.  I paint a black band around the hull at the waterline.   I apply a pinstripe strip all the way around the hull covering the black.  Then I mask the hull & superstructure above and spray the underhull red.  When that is dry I remove the upper masking, leaving the boot mask in place - then mask the underhull and spray the hull/superstructure color.

When burnished well there is next to no creep of paint under the edge.  It removes easily with minimal adhesive residue.

I use Tamiya yellow tape, expensive, but worth every penny. Then I use blue painters tape over larger areas, or to attach newspaper to mask larger areas.