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Posted by Roger Dawson
on 11/5/2009, 1:59 am, in reply to "Re: Painting"
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For some colours, you can use a "Permanent" Marker Pen. A new chisel point pen drawn at 45 degrees to the waterline edge will give a reasonably sharp, straight edge with a slightly glossy sheen looking like a wet-look waterline. Black works fine but red & green really only work on white. If you are trying to do, say, white over red boot topping (e.g. Cunard), paint the hull, paint the red waterline with a brush and your chosen paint with the brush at 45 degrees as above. Finally, cover the slightly wavy join with a strip of "Pressfix" lining transfer (from the "Historical Model Railway Society" in the UK). This latter is much better than lining tape as it is barely more than a layer of paint thick, can be teased into place and straightened whilst wet and has virtually no carrier film around the outside. The lining sheets come in blue, red, green, yellow and white and the lines are of varying thicknesses on the same sheet. If the line isn't long enough, overlap with another one. When dry, coat the hull with your favorite varnish to give an even appearance.
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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.
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: 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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