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I'll echo all the good advice that's been mentioned by the more experienced folks Similar to Timbacat, I generally use oracal 810 for most items like insignia, numbers, etc and tamiya sheets for canopies there's a fair bit of technique to learn, this site is a great resource for getting started...and it's a wonderful thing when you peel that mask off leaving a great looking insignia

well done Joe!

I usually end up doing what's been mentioned - take measurements, then start with a base file I might have downloaded from here, a scan or scratch if need be then adjust based on measurements if I've ended up slightly off when applying the mask, I'll correct with masking fluid and continue on or if it's really off I'll cut a corrected masking sheet

1-48 f4f-4 tamiya insignia camo.studio3 1-48 f4f-4 tamiya insignia camo.studio3 Hi there, insignia, numbering and camo for the Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4, white 28 on Guadalcanal numbering created with USN font then converted to path so I believe shouldn't be a problem if you dont have the font installed rest traced from instructions some spares and always recommend to do your own dimension checks File Information Submitter talbot Submitted 02/21/2026 Category U.S. - WW2 View File

1-48 f4f-4 tamiya canopy.studio3 1-48 f4f-4 tamiya canopy.studio3 Hi there, masks for canopy, wheels for the Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 some spare masks and always recommend to do your own dimension checks File Information Submitter talbot Submitted 02/21/2026 Category U.S. - WW2 View File

I was recently struggling with W.nr numbers on a 190 and getting them small enough will try this next time

great job Joe!

Thanks Harry, I did find a place in Ontario called TheAshStickers and got a couple of rolls, but looks like they might have closed shop I also found this place which I have not yet tried but seems to be priced decently https://www.signsupplycanada.com/oramask-810-stencil-films-c-90_635_446/ but the Kitmasx might be a good option, and they carry other stencil masks like 1 man army which is good when I'm ready to order more 810 I'll see what they have

no problem, interested to see how you make out with the Graphtec

perfect example Kev it's frustrating sometimes with all the work put into the build, paint and detail then something like that happens ☹️ for me it's two things 1) they used paint on the real things, so using masks looks much better and more authentic representation 2) for the life of me I don't know why but the silvering gods DO NOT LIKE ME

what you have there is much much better results, definitely better I created simple circles at 5mm and 2.5mm, centred them both and then put a small cutout square around them printed two of them on oramask 810 similar to yours, there are slight imperfections on the cut the closer you zoom in, personally nothing that I would be overly worried about i've also been trying to compare the absolute round, initially they looked ok, then perhaps off slightly on the lower right a bit but at this point my eye's are probably done for the day after work and looking back and forth between them isn't helping pics are on a iphone, about an inch off the mask note the 3rd pic is the sections peeled off, thus not correctly centered

Later this eve i‘ll give it a test

interesting, the lower adhesion is an interesting point I didn't know there was an 810S, but google says it's a solvent based adhesion so better for wet applications 'such as paint' but my guess would be @denders is right with half the sticking power

That is really poor results and yes you should expect much better results IMHO I'm not familiar with the Cameo 5, but I have the Portrait 4 and it cuts precise circles, squares, insignia's, letters, numbers, etc consistently I use Oracal 810 vinyl or tamiya sheets From a settings perspective in Silhouette I do one pass and 1 or 2 depth Seems there's something weird going on for you

that's strange with the oramask 810, it's worked well for me and believe that's what most use as it's not permanent but still has good adhesion

dont think you can attach directly, need to link to a hosting site

Hey Joe, I've got the Portrait and the Sticky Matt is definitely the way to go, however I found the mat that came with it was extremely sticky I ended up getting a Light Tack Matt (made by silhouette) off of amazon that is much easier to work with If I'm understanding correctly the oramask 810, or any vinyl, might be challenged to wrap around wing tips. should do fuselages no problem Tamiya masking sheets might be a better option if attempting to wrap around sharp or small edges Note I've setup cutting profiles for both vinyl and tamiya sheets as the tamiya sheets can use less force

Glad to see you made it over Joe!

welcome aboard!

I enjoy and learn lots from their channel, Warwick has great style in getting the information across in the video's when I picked up the hobby a couple of years ago I started with a couple of procon boy and a gaahleri to learn but last year picked up an Evo 2024 and wow I instantly became a big fan of H&S, so much that I picked up a 2nd Evo huge fan of their brushes and channel

ah interesting, had no idea about mylar stencil film I will check that out, thanks Harry!

I'm currently building a panther tank and trying to figure out if it's possible to make a re-usable mask with the silhouette cutter, something along the lines of the Quick Wheel accessory tool I'm toying with the idea of creating a similar mask with 2 or more right sized circles and increasing the cut force to cut the vinyl and it's backing to create a re-usable card like mask, rather than printing sets for each build Realize a 3d printer is probably better suited for this, but not looking to start down that path So thought I'd see what some of you may have done Cheers

Just sent a donation as well Thank you Kev for all the work and resources you put into keeping this site available Being somewhat new to the hobby and the site, I definitely appreciate the information here that I was able to learn how to create my own masks and make use of some of the templates available But I do echo the same comments about the amount of traffic and long term viability. While it would be unfortunate if it shut down it's also very understandable. Hoping for the best