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  • Member since
    October 2003
Posted by denniscermak on Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:10 PM
" Z " Heres what I have done and am doing now. Two methods with excellent results. On models I have completed the only thing that I had used up until now was Bare Metal Foil. Very thin so it conforms to all the raised lines on the canopies. Just dont burnish down too hard and use the point of a ' ROUND " toothpick to burnish it down around the frames. Use a new #11 Exacto blade and cut along the frame.Never had any leakage problems and ended up with a crisp clean line. If any residue is left just clean it off with a little Denatured Alchol or Floquil Plastic Prep on a cotton swab. The residue comes right off. I sometimes also polish the canopy first with a little Model Car Wax before applying the B M F. At present I am working on the Academy 1/72  B-29 'Enola Gay " and using Alclad II. Purchased the Cutting Edge " Black Magic " B-29 Canopy / Wheel Hub Masks. They are like a black plastic film, not as thin as B M F and each piece is cut to the exact shape of each window on the B-29. Just lift each piece off with the tip of a # 11 Blade. Cant make a mistake where each one goes. Since the nose glass of the 29 is rounded they seemed to NOT settle down real well. Whalla a way to fix that. Get your wifes hairdryer, set the heat to low, warm up the masks, the heat makes them more pliable and apply. They settle down just great and conform to the rounded surface. Have the fuselage already done with the ALCLAD and warmed up the mask, got a new # 11 blade, picked up one corner of the mask and gently lifted it off. Schazam ! A crisp clean line, no leakage, and no chipping of the Alclad around the frames. Hope this helps. It worked for me. Dennis
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: SETX. USA
Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:09 PM
how odd... I use Tamiya on all of my Alclad jobs with no problem.  Maybe you put the coat on a bit heavy?  I have heard futuring over the tape before painting also prevents bleedthrough and in this case, seep through.  Maybe that would be worth a shot... good luck and hope it works out for ya!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
  • Member since
    November 2005
A wee masking problem
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:38 PM

Hi chaps

I just have just finished my first alclad project a B-29 , I m was real happy with the paint job not perfect at all but its my first time , but imagine my feeling when I lifted the masking tape from the glazing on the nose , the aclad seems to have seeped through the tamiya tape , was this my fault should I have used another masking method ? the tape was well burnished down the first coat of interior color showed no signs of bleed , I thought about using microscale masking fluid but I wondered if this would work with the aclad,

Kinda what I m asking is what do you guys do when you mask canopies when using alclad?

Thanks for any help now I away to try in pick off some paint Sad [:(]

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