Yeah cause like where have ya been ..like under a rock or something ya know like   

I've been in this business longer than ANY of you, I'll have you know! 

I just haven't used those mask tab things before.

Must admit I've not had any problems, other then self inflicted ones, with either Eduard or Peewit masks, but I've not had to mask any canopy as complex as that    I'd have used painted transfer sheets or narrow masking tape.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 05, 2023, 08:49:54 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on September 05, 2023, 08:46:39 AM(PS: I'll be disappointed if you don't take any pic's of the turret from the rear, even if it is slightly wonky! )

Maybe slightly off centre line then.................. 

Remember it's a Dr Vogt design, probably intentional 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 06, 2023, 08:40:30 PMWhy don't they say that in the instructions though?

Why would they, though? Aren't you a 27 year old with 20/15 vision and the steady hands of a neurosurgeon?

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 07, 2023, 03:07:55 AMI've been in this business longer than ANY of you, I'll have you know! 

I just haven't used those mask tab things before.

Funnily Kit here I am giving you crap and I've just figured I've never used one of those masking sets either 
I've always used scotch tape as it sticks very nicely and it's easy to cut.
Then I found the Model Master chrome foil..masking had never been easier and it's fast once ya get used to it .
I'm gonna be using it on my Ju88 builds and strangely..im looking forward to it 🙂

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 07, 2023, 03:07:55 AMI've been in this business longer than ANY of you, I'll have you know! 

Kit, you've been in this game longer than most of us have been alive!    

Quote from: Wardukw on September 07, 2023, 12:14:23 PMThen I found the Model Master chrome foil..masking had never been easier and it's fast once ya get used to it .
I'm gonna be using it on my Ju88 builds and strangely..im looking forward to it 🙂

I may have to try that.

Quote from: Old Wombat on September 08, 2023, 03:10:57 AMKit, you've been in this game longer than most of us have been alive!    

Hm, yes, you could be right there. 

GOOD progress on the 148 today. I took Pellson's idea about the pipe cutter on board and bought one on ebay, cost me all of £5.95! I had one of my own already but it's designed for hydraulic pipework around 1-2" in diameter, not a few millimetres!

Here's the little thing at work.



Of course it only works on totally circular pipes or fuselages, and much though I'd like it, the 148's fuselage isn't, what with all the PSR etc. but it's close.

The result looks like this.



Close enough for Government work (or RLM work....) after a bit of cleaning up and enhancement. And as Chris' Dymo tape arrived as well I can scribe the rest of the job later on today with luck.

RESULT! 

Cool! I'll have to remember that.

Quote from: Old Wombat on September 08, 2023, 03:10:57 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on September 07, 2023, 12:14:23 PMThen I found the Model Master chrome foil..masking had never been easier and it's fast once ya get used to it .
I'm gonna be using it on my Ju88 builds and strangely..im looking forward to it 🙂

I may have to try that.

The slightly amusing thing here of course, and Kit will bear me out, is that 50/60 years ago bare metal foil was the latest thing in so far as masking canopies was concerned. Indeed some of us youngsters even tried using Baco Foil, until our mums caught us  What goes around comes around 

The thought of a "production" Bv 141B in late war colours is quite appealing.  I've been doing some pre assembly work on one.

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 08, 2023, 06:14:04 AMThe slightly amusing thing here of course, and Kit will bear me out, is that 50/60 years ago bare metal foil was the latest thing in so far as masking canopies was concerned. Indeed some of us youngsters even tried using Baco Foil, until our mums caught us  What goes around comes around 

I'm not sure what else we COULD use, as Tamiya type tape hadn't been invented then. Humbrol Maskol of the period was a disaster as it dried hard and then WOULDN'T come off!

I even covered whole models in Bacofoil for an NMF finish back then, took for ever, but looked really good. I've still got one of them, an RW 1/72 Bonanza Airlines Fairchild-Fokker F-227.

I would think there would be a whole thesis on Modelling Trends, tips and Techniques - Antiquity to the Modern Era - Modelling methods rediscovered.

Quote from: buzzbomb on September 08, 2023, 03:55:14 PMI would think there would be a whole thesis on Modelling Trends, tips and Techniques - Antiquity to the Modern Era - Modelling methods rediscovered.

I'm actually surprised no one has done a Phd on it 

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 09, 2023, 07:00:33 AM

Quote from: buzzbomb on September 08, 2023, 03:55:14 PMI would think there would be a whole thesis on Modelling Trends, tips and Techniques - Antiquity to the Modern Era - Modelling methods rediscovered.

I'm actually surprised no one has done a Phd on it 

As has been posted before -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xxort_R3kY

IIRC There's certainly a known problem in finding something that hasn't been done for a thesis... I guess no-one's ventured this far out as yet.

Maybe a new well to gather from... or depths to plumb...