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Thank you, sir! I left some things off the model, including the prominent tail rigging, but it still passes muster I think. Kev

Thanks, Mike. My stash is full of these old kits, so there'll be plenty more to come! Kev

Checks can be a fiddly to get right, but it's very rewarding when you do. If you're interested, I did a detailed WIP: they're not perfect, but good enough imo. They do indeed. Nice Pony Kev, just shows that these old kits can scrub up very well.

Well that is a very cool build!

I finished this build earlier this year as part of the Silver Jubilee Group Build over at LSP. In case you're not sure, this is a resin kit of the Fokker D.XXI in 1/32 scale by Silver Wings. I had a few issues with the build, but most of them were self-inflicted. The main markings were scanned from the decals and cut as masks using my Silhouette Portrait. Only the smaller insignia and stencils were used from the kit decals. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Thanks for looking! Kev

Welcome Mark! if you haven't already done so I would search youtube for the Cricut I'm new to this as well and have the Silhouette and found many there, i'm sure there would be content for Cricut

Yeah i can imagine it was difficult to line things up just so with all the visual lines Well done!

It was a bit fiddly I have to confess, and they didn't turn out perfectly, but then the real things were probably a little agricultural too. I think they look OK. I painted them first and then masked them off for the main camo colours, which I thought would be easier than doing it the other way around. Kev

that looks great Kev the nose turned out exceptionally well, how did you find doing the checker pattern?

I started this kit a few years ago as part of a Group Build on LSP, but quickly stalled out. It made a couple of returns to the bench, before I finally committed to getting it finished earlier this year. Initially it was meant to be a quick build, so I elected not to rescribe it, or fix the inaccurate main wheel bays, but with a bunch of legacy aftermarket in the box, it quickly evolved into something more complicated. The main aftermarket sets were a Grand Phoenix resin cockpit, resin main wheels (True Details I think), Moskit exhausts, and a Squadron vac canopy (of which I only used the sliding section). The tail antenna and the windscreen rear view mirror were taken from the Tamiya kit. The main relevance for SMPM, however, is that the nose chequers, spinner, fuselage codes and serial numbers were all masked and painted using custom masks I cut on the Silhouette Portrait. I also tried to do the national markings, but wasn't happy with how they turned out, so I resorted to decals for those, along with the aircraft name and a handful of stencils. Thanks for looking! Kev

Welcome Mark. I know nothing about Cricut machines but I hope you find plenty here of use.

Welcome aboard Mark. Whereabouts in Surrey are you?

Welcome aboard, Mark! Kev

Hi All, Thanks for letting me join. Little about me. I'm 62 live in Surrey UK and been a modeller on and of since my teens but am now trying to take it more seriously. I seem to be in the minority in having a Cricut machine. Why? Well through my employer I get a discount on things we sell and they don't stock Silhouette machines which seem to be difficult to get hold of here in the UK. Apart from some trial cuts and making a few birthdate cards on it, it has been gathering dust. Found this site and hope to use some of the excellent files produced by people with more skill than me. I see there are some tutorials that I hope will teach me to possibly design my own. Cheers, Mark

Sorry for the delay, only just seen this. There is a lower-tack version available - I got mine from Graphtec Craft Store, who supplied my cutter. https://craftstoredirect.com/product/silhouette-portrait-cutting-mat-light-hold/

Pzl P.11c 1/32 IBG View File Studio file for 111th Fighter Squadron. Submitter Fenous Submitted 10/27/2024 Category Specific Aircraft  

Hi, you can use this file and extract the needed national insigna, and resize them.

Thanks Gene, I will give them a look!

I order my Oramask from here in the US: https://craftcuttersupply.com/products/oramask-810-stencil-vinyl?variant=8220444131373 There are many options (sheets, rolls, sizes) at good prices, and they ship to Canada. In the past there was a discussion on another site about 810 losing stick and shrinking after a long time in storage, so the recommendation was to order in small batches. I personally haven't had a problem storing a roll inside the house for several years. Gene K

Thanks Kev, and thanks for putting the effort here to gather info creating your own masks - much appreciated! Seems I might have to bite the bullet or use a combo of tamiya sheets and the 631

Welcome aboard, sir! The Oracal products are hard to find here in Australia, too. The one source I know of is a distributor, so you have to sign up as a faux retailer to order anything! Not helpful for you, but at least know that you're not alone. Hopefully someone can give you more useful information than that! Yes, I wish the site was more popular too. Kev

Hi there, Novice builder but like the idea of creating my own masks and I've just picked up a Silhouette Portrait 4 and learning how to use it From what I've read the oracal 810 or tamiya masking sheets seem to work best, I'm picking up the tamiya sheets but finding an economical source of 810 around Calgary or in Canada is tough. Amazon has 631 which is flexible but not transparent, and 813 which is transparent but more rigid seems the 810 is the goldie locks but I can't seem to find an economical source - best I can find is $35/10yd + $20 shipping ps - think the site is great, strange it's not more popular but I guess this is an avenue most may not want to go

@Gruson Michel Have just sent a message. I have a quick question. Will

View File Lotus 49, 1967 Not many of these kits around now but here's a set of masks I did for Tamiya's 1/12 Lotus 49. Graham Hill's car at the Mexico GP October 1967 Submitter MartinR Submitted 09/08/2024 Category Vehicles - Civil