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Masking Problems!! On to some painting, but if you're of a tender disposition best you stop reading right now!! Underwing serial numbers.....big things....easy....done it many times before.....uh oh!!!! It all starts well: Using Cricut transfer sheet (fantastic stuff, so clear it enables you to position the mask very precisely) to pick up the mask and apply it to the wing: The grid lines on the transfer sheet really help with positioning the mask and then importantly others if they are supposed to be aligned. Once placed the transfer sheet is removed: and the numbers sprayed, all's good! Except it's not, because some parts of both serials lifted with the mask when it was removed. After a few days drying the paint was still rather flaky, not adhering to the yellow surface. I can't explain why this is so, opinions are welcome but today I received an email to say that my second Fury arrives tomorrow, so time to bite the bullet: This was after I'd put masking tape over it to lift as much as possible before sanding off the rest: So the present state of play is I've sprayed the underwing with a white base coat and I'm about to top coat with yellow, all paint is MRP. Fingers crossed for no further drama! Max Just arrived:

That's a good thought Kev about the contamination, makes more sense than any other theory that I've come up with! All paint is MRP, I wondered if it can "go off"? The new Fury looks good, my first check is always for warpage on the fuselage but it looks as true as a die.

That's a bummer, Max! What paint did you use for the serials? I can see MRP bottles in the background, so if it was those, they shouldn't have been any trouble. Is it possible that the adhesive on the transfer sheet touched parts of the exposed surface to be painted, and contaminated it? By the way, I'm jealous of your new Fury! Kev

I found the same thing, but I'm now finding that like most things it gets easier and better with practice and growing confidence.

That is a really excellent looking Tiffie, absolutely love it. If I have a slight quibble it would be with the positions of the two underwing roundels, not quite in the same alignment....been there many times and done exactly the same so I now apply a couple of strips of thin masking tape beforehand. Please accept this comment as constructive criticism, taking absolutely nothing away from your build! 😁 Max

You can do 1/48 serial numbers, my Anson proves the point! Not easy by any means and getting to the limits of my Silhouette Cameo 2 (or is it 3, can never remember!): Max