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Good to see you here Ben, looking forward to your input into the “black art” of using Silhouette cutters! 😄

Agreed! Have fun Albert!

Yep, you’ve got it on one Greg, the cutter is very versatile beyond cutting vinyl. I’ve recently cut lead foil and ultra thin chrome foil. It’s just a matter of experimenting with the settings to get the right cut. Good to see you here.

James, good question but you may be more likely to get an answer on somewhere like Britmodeller.

The standard blade supplied with the machine is adequate for the vast majority of jobs. I bought the heavier duty blade for cutting thicker plastic but I haven't really tried it out properly yet.

Good to see you here Albert, you won't regret going down the Cameo route, it's the best modelling decision I ever made, and for more reasons other than just markings.

Good to see you here Flip. If you have anything specific to ask, feel free to do so. Can't guarantee an answer but I'll do my best!

Jerry, you have one, or more settings wrong if the cut is through to the mat. Firstly check your blade depth, it really shouldn’t need to be more than 3 for vinyl. When you press the Send button, check the force of cut, typically 4 is ok, and one pass only. Hope this helps. Max

Hello Lee, glad to see you’re interested in the masking “thing”, it’s the way to go! There are a few basic tutorials here already but if you need further or specific advice just ask away. Max

What fun, and a great idea for getting in some practice Denzil! Max

Good to see you here Mark! I agree with Kev, the Silhouette seems to be the market leader, so you are more likely to find advice and tips/tutorials for it than perhaps machines such as the Cricut.

I was pleasantly surprised too Kev, I expected the foil to be chewed up, but it even managed to cut the 1mm circles quite effectively. I can't recall the exact settings so I'll have to do a reprise! 😃

I did a little experiment a couple of weeks ago with my Echelon Lightning, I wanted to make a bit more variation in finish etc so decided to feature the "elephant ear" panels just aft of the cockpit. I traced the outline from the model onto thin paper, scanned this and uploaded into Silhouette then cut the panels out using Bare Metal Foil, which is extremely thin! It took a few attempts to get the shape and settings right, but it worked very successfully. I'm really excited about this because with models such as the beautiful Hawker Fury, Hart, Demon etc to build the technique opens up a whole new range of possibilities. Max

Good luck Denzil, have fun and give us some feedback.

Hello Gary, good to see you here! Max

I’m not that tech-savvy to be able to do all that Kev, I’ll stick to the manual method! Max

Good on you Kev! Must admit I've never used the trace-function, preferring to "do my own" thing. I've read reports that were less than impressed with trace-function results but yours seems to have turned out very well. Max

Thank you, that all makes perfect sense! 👍

1/72!! Incredible!

The black and white image of the Mustang is superb, really love that!

You’re very welcome Jerry. I remember the first time I used (commercially produced) masks I found it really difficult to understand the order of doing things and actually made a right hash of it, so if my thread helps you to do it more successfully then my efforts will have been worthwhile! 😃

Hmmm, interesting that you’ve sprayed black then masked RS-19 and allowed the black to show through the silver top coat, kind of reverse masking Valerio. Any reason why you have done it that way? Max

Welcome Jim! Once you do it, and you know you want to, you’ll never regret it, in fact you’ll wonder how you ever survived without it! Don’t forget, the Silhouette Cameo cuts plastic as well as vinyl and a host of other materials too. Max

It’s so well worth the upgrade Kev. In all honesty I think that software should come as standard but at least it’s not too expensive.

The Designer edition is necessary to import images Kev. Drawing from scratch is the only way with the basic software but the small fee for the Designer software opens up so many avenues which increases the usefulness of the cutter tenfold.