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Another #$%@&*^! scribing question!!

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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Saturday, February 21, 2004 4:31 PM
Glad I could help Dana.
Just be careful if it is a complex set of lines such as the Monogram F-105 Thunderchief, as you can easily lose where a line goes if you sand off more than one at a time. Big Smile [:D]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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  • From: Savannah, GA USA
Posted by Bones-coa on Saturday, February 21, 2004 4:15 PM
Whoa! Now that's a good idea! I think I may give that one a shot!

Thanks Mike!
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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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Saturday, February 21, 2004 1:14 PM
In an older Verlinden book I have he says to put a small pinhole at each end of a raised line with a needle, sand away the raised line, and then scribe between the two small pinholes.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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  • From: Winsted CT
Posted by jimz66 on Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:01 PM
What if if is too late? I have to older Hasegawa F-4's that I already sanded some of the area away. I was thinking of investing in a set of caliper type tools when the time comes.
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  • From: Savannah, GA USA
Posted by Bones-coa on Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:45 PM
Ok, I'll give those a shot. 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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  • From: Brooklyn
Posted by wibhi2 on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:17 PM
If it's silver plastic, you'll be okay since the panel lines will remain visible.
If you trace the panel lines, then either get a piece of carbon paper to lay the tracing over
or make your own by rubbing a "b" pencil on an additional sheet to transfer the lines back on to the model - just becareful because the soft leaded pencil will smudge unless sealed.
3d modelling is an option a true mental excercise in frusrtation
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  • From: Savannah, GA USA
Another #$%@&*^! scribing question!!
Posted by Bones-coa on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:43 PM
I know...another one. Sorry. This one is a bit more direct however.

In rescribing to replace raised panel lines, I've been readin where most people remove the old raised lines first. I was intending to leave those and use them as a guide. However, if I decide to remove them first, how would I know where to rescribe? One trick I've heard was to scratch a crayon, pencil etc over a piece of paper laying on the part. But I'm not sure how I would transfer those markings back onto the part after sanding off the old lines.

Any ideas or tricks to this? I'm open for any techniques as I'm trying to find one to adopt for myself.
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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