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HMS Express 1-700 Scale Tamiya.studio3 View File Designed for the Tamiya 700 scale E Class destroyer. Includes cortecine walkways and HMS Express Camouflage pattern 1940. To use; paint deck cortecine colour, apply masks and then paint remaining deck in "deck colour" probably 507A All the best John Submitter Mostly 48th Submitted 04/27/2024 Category Boats & Ships  

That looks great, Dave! Kev

Oh yeah, finished model.

Thanks for posting these, Dave! Kev

Just as a quick update on this model, it's now left my collection, and has a new home in the Bentwaters Cold War Museum. This is a small but excellent museum, run by what is clearly an enthusiastic and committed bunch of volunteers, who include a number of modellers who are also part of the local IPMS branch. Thoroughly recommended if you're ever in that part of England.

Kev, they're uploaded. There's a extra topic to remove because I forgot how to upload files. Dave

Revell Razer Crest Yellow Stripes Mask (studio3) View File I found the decals hard to work with while working on the cockpit, so I created a set of masks for the yellow stripes. Note, I sort of 'cheated' and created them so I wouldn't have to deal with transfer tape. You can add smaller scrape areas by making additions to the masks or perhaps some paint on masking. Dave Submitter denders Submitted 03/30/2024 Category Sci-Fi & Real Space  

Thanks. I don't need this mask, but I always enjoy viewing a good set! Gene K P.S. You may want to consider posting a thumbnail of the mask along with your posts/files.

Awesome! I know I could use them, at the very least. Kev

Hi Kev, yes, I will.

Dora Wings Vega Gull G-AFBW 48 scale.studio3 View File One of the options in the excellent Dora Wings Vega Gull. The decals in the kit look quite good but I thought the white might be a little transparent so I ran up this mask. Enjoy John Submitter Mostly 48th Submitted 03/25/2024 Category Aircraft - Civil  

That looks great, Dave! Can I convince you to upload the cut files when you're done? Kev

Masked up the remaining pieces and painted.

Yes to what snigel said! There are good tutorials here on this site. A quick demo: I'm also interested in your laser cutter set up. Can you cut balsa with it? Gene K

Yep, welcome indeed mon ami. I hope you enjoy your Silhouette machine and find lots of useful information on our site.

Thanks Kev. When I weeded out all the unnecessary bits, I realized there's a mistake there. This is the final after a recut. First mask piece in place. Paint on. Masks off. I like it. Just 4 more mask pieces to go.

Looking forward to seeing the results, Dave! Kev

I've been working on a Revell Razor Crest. When I used the decals in the cockpit, they seemed a bit thick and I eventually had to pull out a very old bottle of Solvaset and use a 1/4" flat brush to push them down into the details. Therefore, I was concerned about using the kit decals for the yellow stripes on the outside. So I decided to make masks for painting the yellow stripes. I'm sure it'll be challenging to get them in place correctly. This is a screen capture from the Silhouette Studio software. I think it's the largest single piece of masking material that I've used. I'll weed out what I don't need but it'll be a couple days 'til I try them. It's raining so I can't paint and I don't want to have them sitting around stuck to the model for a while. It should be interesting.

Welcome aboard, sir! Kev

Hi all, I just turned 40 and did myself a gift, say a Silhouette Portrait 3. Here to learn how to do, take profit of your great contributions, and improving my skills in order to contribute myself. Have a nice day all!

Use transfertape to get the alignment of the letters correct, or the serialnumbers on the fins. What 3D-printing machine are you using?

Probably, and probably not. Kev