12-20-2011, 10:12 AM
I was just thinking about this thread to, since i've been keeping my eye on an undecorated E8 at a local hobby shop. I'm not sure yet if I want to do Conrail or NJ DOT, but having had over a month to ponder the job, I'm not so afraid of the NJ DOT paint.
I don't know why it took me so long to understand the concept of the guide tape, since it occurred to me that it is necessary in order to carefully lay the other "real" mask without stretching the tape.
I have heard the "spray the paint over the mask twice" strategy. It certainly works most of the time, though on my last major paint job, it did not. However, I blamed this entirely on just my inability to get the masking tape all the way down (Metro North paint scheme on a GP40 for those who are curious).
Now that I've cleared my work bench of the "junk" build up that seems to occur when the layout is not in use, I might actually have time to get some modeling done!
I don't know why it took me so long to understand the concept of the guide tape, since it occurred to me that it is necessary in order to carefully lay the other "real" mask without stretching the tape.
I have heard the "spray the paint over the mask twice" strategy. It certainly works most of the time, though on my last major paint job, it did not. However, I blamed this entirely on just my inability to get the masking tape all the way down (Metro North paint scheme on a GP40 for those who are curious).
Now that I've cleared my work bench of the "junk" build up that seems to occur when the layout is not in use, I might actually have time to get some modeling done!
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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