BlackMike Models

Hi Max Your help with the roundel colours was most appreciated and I have now purchased the Mr Paint colours. My foray into the Cricut world hasn't really taken off at all for various reasons. Lack of knowledge in how to use my drawing software combined with my dyscalculia are the major handicaps at the moment. I simply can't make sense of how to convert the 1:1 size into any given scale even though I know it must be a simple process. So just trying to draw simple RAF roundels is proving to be utterly bewildering and my enthusiasm has taken a tumble. The thought of drawing serial numbers and letters is even more off putting. Duncan B

By way of an introduction to the forum here are a few of my previous builds, up until now I have been using commercially available paint masks for my builds. I am hoping to change that with the recent purchase of a Cricut Explore 3. HobbyBoss 1/48 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat (all markings painted using a Montex vinyl masking set) [url=https://duncanblack.smugmug.com/Box-art/HobbyBoss-Grumman-F4F-4-VF-6-USS-Enterprise/i-9Lknwfh/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Box-art/HobbyBoss-Grumman-F4F-4-VF-6-USS-Enterprise/i-9Lknwfh/0/L3jczW4hxk8wpj7tgRLQq4g6ckBf8WK6cXmVSLW7F/L/2018-09-11%2014.20.41-L.jpg[/img][/url] HobbyBoss 1/48 F4F-3 Wildcat (all markings painted with the exception of the Squadron badge, serial numbers and 'US Navy') [url=https://duncanblack.smugmug.com/Box-art/HobbyBoss-F4F-3-Early-VF-41/i-N8Bk4Lg/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Box-art/HobbyBoss-F4F-3-Early-VF-41/i-N8Bk4Lg/0/KbGBfFgcDnJfDsfzd35fkkGHbfFZcdgCqBQSGB4kM/L/IMG_4333-L.jpg[/img][/url] Eduard 1/48 Fw190D-9 (all markings painted with the exception of the small stencils) [url=https://duncanblack.smugmug.com/Box-art/Edit/i-vhmdK7b/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Box-art/Edit/i-vhmdK7b/0/MZ4K8nhBNm4K7WLjPRK8Xh883GSmPvF7fjgC9pLDz/L/IMG_1978_zps6vdg9iwd-L.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://duncanblack.smugmug.com/Box-art/Edit/i-qDHG59z/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Box-art/Edit/i-qDHG59z/0/MhwvTFmfJLz7TW6rds2mP7b7pkqwkgP3CXp9PfS3h/L/IMG_1969_zpsjinbs6uy-L.jpg[/img][/url] Duncan B

Hello Folks, my name is Duncan Black and I have recently bought a Cricut Explore 3 as a retirement gift to myself. I am a keen aircraft modeller and airbrush painter with plenty of experience of using commercially purchased paint masks but have always wanted to be able to create my own. Unfortunately I am a luddite when it comes to drawing software so I guess I have quite a learning curve ahead of me. To start I will be happy to reproduce basic markings like RAF roundels, US 'Stars and Bars' and WW2 Luftwaffe markings and the various code numbers and letters. I use a lot of canopy masks so that's another application I will be having a go at in the future. For now I will start by learning how to produce basic files and load them into Cricut Design Space. My first project will probably be RAF Interwar roundels for a 1/48 Hawker Hart kit I am currently building. I have EazyDraw for Mac already installed on my computer so may as well try that out. Expect lots of stupid beginners questions in the near future lol. Duncan B