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Posted by Bobstamp on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 8:55 PM

Eaglecash867

I answered your original question about printing on either material, but I guess that was a wasted effort.  Oh well.

 
My apologies for offending you. That certainly wasn't my intention. Obviously I was confused by the two materials — Frisket film and the Tamiya sheets. Are you saying that you now regularly make masks by printing, reverse images, on the backing film of the Tamiya sheets? Tamiya masking tape is impressive. Now do I understand? If so, you have given me a good course to steer.
 
Regards,
 
Bob

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Posted by Eaglecash867 on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 1:17 PM

I answered your original question about printing on either material, but I guess that was a wasted effort.  Oh well.

"You can have my illegal fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers...which are...over there somewhere."

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Posted by Bobstamp on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 12:55 PM

Eaglecash867

Well...I tried [smh] Whistling

And you get a gold star for trying! Star

I should have explained that the areas I need to mask are flat, or only slightly curved, with no complex curves. But maybe the Friskit materiel ism't even flexible  enough or sticky enough for that.

Bob

On the bench: A diorama to illustrate the crash of a Beech T-34B Mentor which I survived in 1962 (I'm using Minicraft's 1/48 model of the Mentor), and a Pegasus model of the submarine Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas fame. 

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Posted by Eaglecash867 on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 5:53 AM

Well...I tried [smh] Whistling

"You can have my illegal fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers...which are...over there somewhere."

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Posted by Bobstamp on Monday, May 8, 2023 7:51 PM

MJY65 wrote the follow

MJY65 wrote: I've used Frisket and Tamiya masking sheets.

I have some of the Tamiya masking sheets. I'll try them in my printer. How abut the Frisket sheets? Will they take printer toner? 

Bob 

On the bench: A diorama to illustrate the crash of a Beech T-34B Mentor which I survived in 1962 (I'm using Minicraft's 1/48 model of the Mentor), and a Pegasus model of the submarine Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas fame. 

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Posted by MJY65 on Monday, May 8, 2023 7:30 PM

I've used Frisket and Tamiya masking sheets cut with a Brother Scan-n-cut.  I found it to be more trouble than it's worth for several reasons:

First, it takes a lot of time to set up the pattern correctly.  Trial and error getting the curves just right.  It might be worth it if you were doing several of the same kit.

Second, the Scan-n-cut doesn't make the edges quite as clean as the Tamiya narrow masking tapes.

 

I've gone back to masking canopy edges with tape working my way from 1mm on the edges up to larger pieces over the large parts.

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Posted by Eaglecash867 on Monday, May 8, 2023 6:05 PM

When I was using frisket film, I used to just reverse the image I was wanting to make a mask with and print it on the backing paper.  I no longer use frisket film though because it really isn't flexible enough, and actually doesn't conform to parts all that well.  What I use now is Tamiya Masking Sticker Sheets with a 1mm grid printed on them.  Tried to print a masking pattern on them, but the surface doesn't hold ink or toner very well.  Hadn't thought of it until making this post, but I imagine my old trick of reversing the image and printing it on the backing paper would work just fine.  I use those masking sticker sheets for everything now, since they're so much better than any kind of masking tape.

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DIY paint masks?
Posted by Bobstamp on Monday, May 8, 2023 5:09 PM

I've had good success printing my own DIY decals with my inkjet printer, as long as they aren't white, but I'm wondering if its possible to create self-adhesive, removeable paint masks? Avery makes some printable, removeable address labels, and I've heard of but never seen a profuct called Frisket film, and I don't know images can be printed on it. Any suggestions will be appreciated!

Bob

On the bench: A diorama to illustrate the crash of a Beech T-34B Mentor which I survived in 1962 (I'm using Minicraft's 1/48 model of the Mentor), and a Pegasus model of the submarine Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas fame. 

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