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New way of dealing with raised panel lines?????

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  • Member since
    August 2003
  • From: Alice Springs Australia
New way of dealing with raised panel lines?????
Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:24 AM
Last night I was playing around with my Mig 29, and had a brain wave about making the raised panel lines stand out.

I loaded the ab with some enamel paint and traced the raised lines.
Got home from work tonight and gave the body a spray with some acrylic paints.

After about an hour, I grabbed a Qtip, dipped it in some acrylic thinner, and LIGHTLY went over the raised panel lines.

Allowing for the fact I was only testing this theory, it turned out pretty well.
With a bit more patience, and a lighter touch, I reckon this will make rescribing panels only necessary when I absolutely have to.

I'm curious aqs to whether anyone else has played around with this idea, and if so how did theirs turn out?

I have a Japanese Mavis covered in rivets I've been putting off because of the scribing thing, and this may just work for that too.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
  • Member since
    August 2004
  • From: Kennesaw, GA
Posted by jdavidb on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:08 AM
I guess I'm a cheater on raised panel lines. I use watercolor pencils or the chalk pastel pencils I just discovered. I usually overcoat them with clear lacquer, so it turns out durable.

Your idea can also be done by lightly rubbing through the overcoat with the back of an x-acto knife. That'll give a little more control than a q-tip offers. Especially with enamel on the bottom, and acrylic over the enamel lines, the chance of grinding through the enamel isn't too bad.
  • Member since
    March 2004
  • From: British Columbia,Canada
Posted by bstrump on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 9:39 PM
I use a pencil. You need one that's fairly hard. Rather than use the point, I run the side lightly over the panel line to highlight it. Then seal it.
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2004 7:21 PM
I just found a great article by swanny's models about how to convert (scribed) raised lines to recessed panel lines. Here it is. I think I'll give it a try it solves a lot of problem later on when you need to finish the model. http://www.swannysmodels.com/Scribing.html

Steve
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