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Tom, Your "outlines" are a result of the method you used to trace. As it is, both sides of all lines were traced (except the two rectangles on the bottom left - you probably drew these two vice tracing them). If you zoom in on your roundels, for example, you'll see eight jagged concentric "circles" vice four. Your circles may appear smooth, but each jag requires the cutter to zig zag, so the cutter will seem to shudder as it negotiates all those turns. Youtube has explanations as to why the double lines happen - search "Silhouette Double Line Trace" - for example go to 9:47 in this old video. Also, your made your entire layout a compound path. You may have wanted to group them? To "fix": use the Select tool and right click on any part of your layout, and then press "Release Compound Path". That will allow you to select each individual line, so zoom in and select a path (outline) you don't want, and then hit Delete. Since you have many markings in your layout, this method will take some time. Important-- when done, be sure to group each individual marking, or group all, or Create Compound path. The Silhouette Studio trace feature is improving (slowly .. works "OK") but does not have a Centerline Trace. So if you can't download the required vector font or graphic, you could manually trace using the built in drawing tools. For example, all it takes for the roundels is drawing four circles and then aligning them. Alternately, you could use a program like Inkscape to do a Centerline Trace, save as as vector (like SVG or PNG) and import into Studio to have ready made cut lines. BUT ... much easier to manually trace in Studio!!! Gene K

View File Fw-190A-6 Erwin Bacsila "White 7" Quite tricky masks to both draw and use, the fist insignia needs to be built up in layers. Submitter Mozart Submitted 01/04/2024 Category Specific Aircraft  

Hi, folks! I´m sure that those cricut-machines etc. are the most comfortable way to do some masking. But in my case, i had already purchased a laser-module for my 3D-Printer because of other applications. So i wanted to figure out, if it is also useful for making some 1/48 masks. So if someone else here is interested in laser cutting: i can recommend the following settings for a 5W-Diode-Laser in combination with Lightburn and Tamiya masking paper: 150mm/min and 5% Power. If some of you guys already did some laser cutting, i would be happy to hear about your experience with different materials/parameters. Currently i am building the Tamiya P-38 (what a gem of a kit!). I think in 48-scale it looks better to use the provided decals for everything besides the larger insignia. I have tried to make a mask for the "Miss Virginia"-Lettering, but i think it´s just too small to handle and align the letters. Nevertheless interesting to see how accurate this setting performs.

DC Gordon's Spitfire XIVe Markings in 1/32 Scale View File Note: I developed and used these markings for my 1/32 Spitfire XIVe build. For some reason the main squadron codes have a thin outline that I was not able to remove (probably something simple but I am definitely on a learning curve! However, I got them to work so hopefully you can as well. Cheers, Tom Submitter uncarina Submitted 01/03/2024 Category Aircraft - Military  

Tom, I meant to have included this very helpful RAF font post from Mike C that could be very useful to you: Gene K

Thank you Gene! Sincerely, Tom