I know…another one. Sorry. This one is a bit more direct however.
In rescribing to replace raised panel lines, I’ve been readin where most people remove the old raised lines first. I was intending to leave those and use them as a guide. However, if I decide to remove them first, how would I know where to rescribe? One trick I’ve heard was to scratch a crayon, pencil etc over a piece of paper laying on the part. But I’m not sure how I would transfer those markings back onto the part after sanding off the old lines.
Any ideas or tricks to this? I’m open for any techniques as I’m trying to find one to adopt for myself.
If it’s silver plastic, you’ll be okay since the panel lines will remain visible.
If you trace the panel lines, then either get a piece of carbon paper to lay the tracing over
or make your own by rubbing a “b” pencil on an additional sheet to transfer the lines back on to the model - just becareful because the soft leaded pencil will smudge unless sealed.
What if if is too late? I have to older Hasegawa F-4’s that I already sanded some of the area away. I was thinking of investing in a set of caliper type tools when the time comes.
In an older Verlinden book I have he says to put a small pinhole at each end of a raised line with a needle, sand away the raised line, and then scribe between the two small pinholes.
Glad I could help Dana.
Just be careful if it is a complex set of lines such as the Monogram F-105 Thunderchief, as you can easily lose where a line goes if you sand off more than one at a time. [:D]