Mozart
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This is a summary of a build that is going on over on LSP.
The kit, produced by Peter Castle of Airscale fame is a mixture of very finely and detailed 3D parts and injection moulded parts, the latter comprising the fuselage, wings, horizontal tailplanes and canopy. At the time of writing, the kit is not yet available, this is an early test kit only. I have produced masks for the two marking options in this kit, R8884 of 183 Squadron and JP843 of 197 Squadron. They are available to download here and here
The cockpit "time lapse":
Painted, assembled and decalled:
Seat belts added and temporarily in place in the fuselage:
More later!
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Yes, in England. I produce the masks for the Airscale kits so use Oramask 810 on an almost “industrial” scale, currently nearing the end of an initial order for 250 canopy masks. Other than the obvious, I don’t understand why Oramask 810 isn’t easily available in the US, but then quite a high number of kits aren’t either!
Let us know how you get on please.
Max
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Hello James. Firstly, the Cameo is more than capable of cutting that, have no fear. What’s more important is the order in which you do the masking/painting. I would:
Produce an “empty” mask, ie a mask which is the size of the star which will include the thin border. Put in place and spray the star outline colour, presumably white?
Once dry, put the star including the thin outline in place inside the empty mask
Weed out the main star and spray red
Remove all masking….hopefully a good result!
When doing designs which include thin outlines, the trick is to not have to remove the thin part as an individual item because replacing it accurately is not easy! Hope this is understandable and helpful.
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Those circles are pretty poor, and your expectations are certainly not too high. I choose not to use any of the “helpful” gizmos in the software, I draw all of my shapes from scratch and cut using a single pass, force 6 or 7, and blade depth 5, this all using Oramask 810 only. My Silhouette is now 12 years old so newer models shouldn’t be experiencing these difficulties.
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810S is a different beast to 810, to my mind the latter is the way to go. If you want the mask to go around curves or bends, you need to add a few well placed “cut marks” which will help it to hold the curve. This Typhoon canopy mask shows what I mean along its gently curving edges:
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Oramask 810 is my favourite. Some people complain that it shrinks over time if not used on the kit but I have never had that problem.
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23 hours ago, PinehillJoe said: I ordered the Cameo 5 Alpha, the price difference wasnt great, and I knew I'd regret not getting the better unit.
I’d be interested to hear what you think of it Joe. I use a Cameo 2, almost antediluvian in that it’s now 11 years old and doesn’t do many “tricks”, but it’s more than adequate for my mask making.
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I have recently uploaded the marking masks for the Airscale Hawker Typhoon which is due for release in the New Year. The chosen schemes are a) for 183 Squadron R8884, a very early production Tiffy, portrayed in its distinctive markings worn during Exercise Spartan and b) JP843 of 197 Squadron. Both are car-door variants but differ slightly in several areas. The masks include wheel centres on both as are wing walkways. R8884 had a broad stripe running from just aft of the spinner, terminating forward of the cockpit so masks for this are provided. On JP843 there are masks for the black and white ID stripes painted under the wings, 12 and 24 inch in width on the real thing. QR codes will be on the box which link to these masks. When available and designed I’ll be uploading the masks for the canopy.
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Hawker Typhoon 197 Squadron JP843
These are the masks designed for the Airscale Hawker Typhoon JP843 OV-T of 197 Squadron. The masks include the underwing identification stripes, wheel centres, wing walkways and the aircraft letter (T in this case) worn by most 197 Squadron Typhoons on the leading edge of the wing inboard of the inner cannon.
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Hawker Typhoon 183 Squadron R8884
These are the masks designed for the Airscale Hawker Typhoon R8884 TF-L of 183 Squadron. The markings are specifically as applied during Exercise Spartan and include the white identifying stripe along the nose. Also masks for wheel centres and wing walkways.
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Hello Henrik and a warm welcome. You’ll have fun with your cutter, make sure you check your blade settings before you start though! When I bought mine 14 years ago I nearly cut through the mat!
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Airscale Hawker Typhoon 1/32 scale
in Works in Progress
Thanks Kev, the Typhoon kit is such a pleasure to build. I was afraid that it would be somewhat intimidating with all of Peter’s detail to work with, but it’s so well engineered that it’s quite straightforward.