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stringbags4ever2 · 6 September 2002, 07:58 AM

Right you are, Michael. I have a bad habit. It's called lack of patience, especially when it comes to masking canopies. For instance, I tried last night with Tamiya tape to mask a 1:72 Tamiya canopy from a Mosquito. I used a fresh #11 blade for my x-acto knife, but I still couldn't get sharp edges, as the masking tape tended to tear. Arrrrrrghhhh!!!! >

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So I tore off the tape in utter frustration and swore I'd go to Michael's (an art supply store) and get myself a No. O liner brush and hand paint the cockpit framing. See? Bad habit on my part. Guess I'll never learn to airbrush cockpit frames properly as making them is too much of a pain in the keister for me. It breaks the heart.... :'( :-[

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stringbags4ever2 Scout Pilot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 375	Right you are, Michael. I have a bad habit. It's called lack of patience, especially when it comes to masking canopies. For instance, I tried last night with Tamiya tape to mask a 1:72 Tamiya canopy from a Mosquito. I used a fresh #11 blade for my x-acto knife, but I still couldn't get sharp edges, as the masking tape tended to tear. Arrrrrrghhhh!!!! > > > So I tore off the tape in utter frustration and swore I'd go to Michael's (an art supply store) and get myself a No. O liner brush and hand paint the cockpit framing. See? Bad habit on my part. Guess I'll never learn to airbrush cockpit frames properly as making them is too much of a pain in the keister for me. It breaks the heart.... :'( :-[ __________________ Build, build, and keep building. The more models, the better. But first build a big closet.