Zoukei-Mura F4J Phantom II 1:48 (WIP)....a couple of WIP boo-boos

That may have been drawn own, but certainly worth it for that little lesson on masking. What a fabulous idea! Thanks for sharing that with us. 

And no need to join any GBs for this kit. It’s a beauty and should not be rushed!

It starts with painting the handles yellow.

Not my best hand-painting job, but it looks fine in real life.

Next was to use a black marker on some Tamiya masking tape and slice it into a few very thin slices. This confused me at first, the black marker is just to add contrast to help see it when applying the mask. I had to read the fellow's post several times to sort out what in the world he was doing. The below strip ended up being too thick and I had to do it over, but it gives you an idea of what's going on.

Time to try to wrap the tape around the handle loop. Sometimes I call tweezers the most worthless tool in my modeling box. They sure came in handy for this wrapping around job!

So they end up looking like this. I thought they looked pretty good and I must admit I thought about shooting it with some clear sealant to try to seal the tape down, and call it a day. But I didn't.

Now for the scary part, painting black over everything....

And it got pretty tense as I started to remove the tape.

Before and after:

So they are not perfect, not as good as GregBale pulled off in 1:72, but in the real world without macro lenses I think they look pretty convincing. (the one with the thinnier masking tape turned out much better, btw)

That was pretty drawn out, if you made it this far, thank you.

Saaweeet! nice kit choice Greg. Haven’t built that one yet but currently building a phew Hasegawa ones right now. Both me and my Daughter are building one each in Japanese retirement markings. As far as the pull handles go, I just paint them by hand and live with it. Good luck on a better solution!