Converting the 1/350 Trumpeter 1942 CV-2 to a 1944 CV-3

[pbudzik]

If you have paint running under your mask, you're laying on too much too wet. Here are my tips on masking ...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDS5CCs5LQo

Paul

[AdrianSmith]

If you have paint running under your mask, you're laying on too much too wet. Here are my tips on masking ...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDS5CCs5LQo

Paul

Thanks Paul. The problem is that I'm tape masking perpendicular to a grooved styrene deck. Getting the tape into every groove to prevent the paint from running along the valley of the groove has proven next to impossible. And I'm brush painting, not airbrushing. I don't have an airbrush setup.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

-Adrian

[pbudzik]

I don't think you are going to have much success with a brush. You may need to use decals.

Paul

[Timmy C]

I'd try drybrushing - you'll have to experiment with just how dry, and in which direction relative to the tape edge (towards or away from) delivers the best results.

As a bonus, if it's not completely neat...well, call it weathering!

[JimRussell]

Adrian,

This reply may seem absurd, but the Sara's white deck markings are white colored pencil.

A metal ruler was clamped to the deck and a spacing of .25"white, .25"blank, .25 white, etc was used.

The center line was one stroke wide and the off center lines were .060" wide. The two edges of the wide lines were done first and then the center was just colored in.

This technique does not yield 100% coverage, thus is immediately "weathered".

Jim

[billyboy]

using masking tape when brush painting is tricky!

You won't prevent paint bleeding under the masking tape unless you dry-brush it. Capillary action caused by the planking detail is a perfect storm for paint bleed!

So simply paint the first coat in the same colour as the surrounding colour you've just masked over. When it inevitably leaks under the paint it matches perfectly, and when this first coast dries it seals the edge of the masking tape quite well- the next coat will not bleed under the tape.

Will

[Goodwood]

using masking tape when brush painting is tricky!

You won't prevent paint bleeding under the masking tape unless you dry-brush it. Capillary action caused by the planking detail is a perfect storm for paint bleed!

So simply paint the first coat in the same colour as the surrounding colour you've just masked over. When it inevitably leaks under the paint it matches perfectly, and when this first coast dries it seals the edge of the masking tape quite well- the next coat will not bleed under the tape.

Will

Why did that never occur to me? Next time something like this happens, I'm definitely following this suggestion�it was pretty frustrating having to mask and paint the red stripes on the Revell Venator-class Star Destroyer and then having to go back and fix the bleed.

[AdrianSmith]

Adrian,

This reply may seem absurd, but the Sara's white deck markings are white colored pencil.

A metal ruler was clamped to the deck and a spacing of .25"white, .25"blank, .25 white, etc was used.

The center line was one stroke wide and the off center lines were .060" wide. The two edges of the wide lines were done first and then the center was just colored in.

This technique does not yield 100% coverage, thus is immediately "weathered".

Jim

That doesn't seem absurd at all, and it worked beautifully! Thanks Jim!

-Adrian

[DrewVIII]

It looks like the original poster has not logged on in some time. Anyone here replicate this project or something similar? I am in the planning phase of converting the 1942 Lex model to a late 1943 Saratoga. Basically the same project as this, just minor differences as the Saratoga was refitted in late 1943- early 1944. I am new to modeling so it will be quite a journey.