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Posted by Graeme MacKenzie
on 11/5/2009, 12:41 am, in reply to "Re: Painting"
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I've used good old fashioned sellotape for years and found it meets my requirements.
I touch up the main hull colour after removing the tape, if required.
Regarding CPR funnel markings I used a pencil and ruler to draw the basic pattern on the front of the adhesive section of a cigarette paper.
I then used a very fine brush to fill the appropriate squares with red or white, cut it out and then stuck it on to the funnel.
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: Another way is to pour a layer of the slightly
: thinned paint into a flat bottomed pan...
: just enough to get a thin, uniform layer of
: a depth that's right to be the depth of the
: waterline desired. Then (very) carefully
: lower the ship into it and remove. You'll
: then have to support the ship on dowels with
: some modeling clay on their ends that
: project up into the hollow bottom. You need
: to be careful, however, to have the ship
: level or the paint may gather at the lowest
: point. This teshnique provides reeally nice
: results without masking, but take some
: practice. I'd suggest trying it on a
: 'training' model first. Also, I'd have
: several models ready that need the
: treatment... it is relatively wasteful of
: paint, so better to use as much as possible
: by dunking several ships in a session.
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: Hi Jim--
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: Welcome to this fascinating hobby! Not all
: ships had black waterline stripes, but, if
: you want to paint them, get some Tamiya
: yellow color masking tape. Very thin, can
: be worked to go around any shape, such as
: sterns. Cut strips about 1/16" wide
: and mask off the waterline, burnish it down
: with your thumbnail, and paint the waterline
: black or whatever color is required. If yuo
: have an airbrush, you can spray it, but of
: course you must mask off the rest of the
: model at least 1/4" or more. 3M blue
: paint masking tape is a good alternative if
: you can't find the Tamiya stuff at a hobby
: shop.
:
: For funnel markings, if you have some clear
: decal paper, lay out the design thereon,
: painting the white first, then the red. Cut
: out around your new decal and apply. Trying
: to tape the funnel and paint on the model is
: way too stressful.
:
: John Youngerman
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: Hello everyone! I am new to this Hobby and I
: have recently bought a few ships. I mostly
: like old 1940-50's freighters.
:
: My question about painting is how do you
: paint the waterline on a ship? I am going to
: try when I get my models and am really
: worried about getting it straight.
:
: Also I am trying to collect Canadian Pacific
: Ships and their funnel has six squares - 3
: red and 3 white. Any tips on how to paint
: this on a funnel.
:
: Appreciate any tips or advice.
:
: Thank you very much
: Jim Durning
: Canada
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