Introductions

Hey y'all, Just found out about this site today. I've had a Silhouette Portrait for about 2 years now and done small and large masks for various scales. Looking forward to participating. Gaz

Good morning to all, and thank you for accepting my request. I'm Valerio from Rome, Italy. Scale modeler from an early age and big aviation enthusiast! I'm a proud owner of a Silhouette Portrait and, by now, and I couldn't quit using it...! Cheers! 🙂 Mirage_End 14 by Valerio, su Flickr

Hi all Thanks for letting me be part of this group. My name is Philippe (Flip) Hendrickx and i'm an avid modeller from Belgium. My main interest is airplanes (all scales) but having said that, i'm interested in all aspects of our hobby. I recently bought a 2nd hand Silhouette Cameo 3 cutter so i'm rather new this, so I hope to learn a lot here and to be able to contribute as well as soon as possible. Best regards Philippe

Thanks for the add. Newbie here, picked up a Silhouette Cameo a couple months back and have been trying it out. Upgraded to the designer edition and downloaded Inkscape to work in. Found this group through Scale Modelers Critique Group. Still learning the programs and trying to find the best way to trace decal sheets. So far it seems better to work in Inkscape and use the bezier tool to trace. Using the trace tool in Silhouette wasn't working great for me, so I'm open to suggestions. 1/35 armor guy Jim Guld

Hey everyone, I'm new to this whole mask thing, looking forward to learning lots from other folk's creations. Thanks for letting me join! Lee

hello to you all and thanks forletting me join i dondt have a cutter at the moment but planning to buy one so im looking for advise for what one will be a good one to buy and what software to use After ihave one there will be more questions the plan will be to make masks for my model cars Regards Mark

Good morning everybody. I heard about this site for the excellent On the Bench Podcast and thought I would give it a go. My name is Gary I am 56 and now enjoying enforced retirement due to disability. Modelling keeps me sane and my biggest difficulties are with painting and weathering so I am hoping that this site will give me some good tips and tricks. Cheers all Gary

Hi, my name is Jim and I am here by a judges order..............wait, this is a different group. Think I found reference to this site on BritModeller while trying to look up info on Cricuts vs Silhouettes. Trying to figure out if I wanna dive into this crazy Paint Mask world. In the process of completing my first model with almost all masks (only the kill marks were not masks)............used Montex masks. What to do, what to do, what to do?

Just found out about this site listening to the great guys from On The Bench podcast. Long time modeler in my mid 60’s wanting to learn

husband, father, Balloon Ground Crew, RFS Volunteer, AvGeek, Model builder, Aviation/Astrophotographer Mmmm🤔 Yeah, I think will about some it.

Hello. Thank you for accepting my application here. I build 1/72 aircraft and I have a Silhouette Portrait. So far I have only cut some side window masks for Northrop Delta to get something flush. Cheers. Patrick

Hi everyone, great to see a group dedicated to mask cutting. I've had a Portrait for about four years now so have quite a few files to upload (when I get a chance) - some generic, some quite specific. I really enjoy this aspect of modelling and always look for ways to utilise the cutter in order to improve my builds. Hoping to share my limited knowledge and pick up a few tips along the way. Martin

Hello, Many thanks to adds ! I build a 1/48 , 1/32 WWI, WWII , Jet and figure ... I use a silhouette Portrait. Regards Richard

Hello everybody, I'm from Italy, building all scales but shifting to larger ones as eyesight weakens while aging. Mainly aeroplanes but with occasional ground, space and water vehicles. Recently purchase a cutting plotter and starting to explore self building paint masks. Thank you for accepting me. Ciao Giuseppe

Hi everyone, I'm Fabio from Palermo and I recently bought a Slhouette Portrait. I hope I can share my painting masks with all of you. Greetings. Fabio

Hi to all.....I'm Enrico from Italy.......i love 1\48 airplanes model.....I've a cameo portrait and try to use it more possible to replicate insignia,codes ,walkaway and canopy masks.....😉

My name is Michel. I'm from France and I'm a WWII aircraft modeler in 1/48 or 1/32 scale.

So I've had a Cameo 1 for a couple of years but only used it to a relatively small degree. I have the full boat of software up to and including the business edition (mainly so I could import AI images. Thanks to Kevin we can share our knowledge and experiences with these contraptions.

Hello, I have had my Portrait cutter for a few years now but have only made a few masks so far. I am trying to learn more about it and hopefully I will on this site. Mark

Hi Guys. Building 1/48 WW2 a/c, WWI in 1/32 and AFV 1/35. Always trying to build models related to South Africa, but anything goes. Figures 54 mm and bigger. Thx for the add

I'm RJ. Looking forward to poking around here; see what's what, & getting to know everybody. When I figure this all out, maybe I can add something you might find useful. Here, you can see what I've been fooling around with: https://flagplot.blogspot.com Please, drop by; leave a comment. RJ

Hi all, Thanks for adding me. I'm new to making masks, but hope to learn. Mostly 1/35 AFVs and 1/48 aircraft. John

Greetings from Lovely Cleveland, OH! Someday we will have a professional NFL team! I build mostly pre-WW2 and WW2 in 1/72 and 1/48. I am a retired school teacher (Cleveland Public schools for 15 years and a couple of systems before that), a retired USAF officer and basically just retired. I am married to my best friend, have three children & 3 grandchildren and a shepadoodle names Bernie Kozar.

Seen many of you here and there. :) Hello again. Ryan

Used to post on Large Scale Planes but lost interest in 1/32 and have not posted there in a long time. Main interest is 1/48th WWII aircraft. Recently picked up a Cameo4 start of the new year and have really enjoyed it, I can't see how I have gone this long without one, it is so handy. Still learning the software and looking forward to what I can learn and contribute to this group.