What is the best way to mask the cockpits for airbrushing when you want to display the canopy open? I tried filling the cockpit with silly putty a few times with mixed results (The last time my pilot and ejection seat ejected once it was removed), so there has to be a better way.
I’ve seen a few guys stick tissue inside there to keep the area covered
and not damage the interior. You can also carefully put masking around the
inside to cover it up…but the tissue is the way i’ve seen it suggested…
Good luck,
Tank
damp tissue paper works pretty well…
then again, the only open cockpits i’ve done
have been on wwi models… instead of open 'pits,
maybe u should ask re: open canopies instead ?
also, there mite b something posted in the paint
or techniques sections on this subject.
hth,
frosty[:)]
I use foam rubber cut slightly larger than the opening & then gently compressed & put in the opening. Works very well.
Regards, Rick
I keep the seat and the control stick out of the cockpit until final assembly. I then stuff it with TP or Kleenex and the tape over the top. That usually keeps things closed up to avoid overspray.[8D]
depends on the a/c. if it is able to be closed i will temporarily close it off and then mask and paint. then i will open it up the way i want it. on some i have a closed canopy already that i will use to paint the plane.
joe
I do the same thing as Joe. Closed canopy and then take it off at the end.
I always use tissue and just before airbrushing I dampen it it works perfectly no cutting you just stuff bits in at a time until it overflows then just tuck the sides down into the cockpit and when removing it do it with tweezers a bit at a time also you can re dampen it befor e remval just to soften it up so if it snags on anything it will tear and not tear out the part it snagged on ie joystick. I have never had any problems with this technique and it is quick and cheap! Hope this helps[:)]
Roll-up some tisue and carefully place it inside the cockpit.I also will use low-tack masking tape on the edges to make sure that the ZNCRO2 does not get oversprayed.
I use small pieces of tissue and insert with a tweezers to cover everything and then cover the pit with a littel masking tape to prevent any spray from getting in. Then when finished, I use a tweezers again to slowly and carefully pull the tape off and the tissue out. Works good for me.
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I leave out seats and sticks to avoid damaging them. Then I stuff the pit with wet tissues; depending on the model, I may mask off the canopy and tack it in place with a couple of dabs of white glue. Other kits call for just using some masking tape over the edges of the pit to close it off. This works mostly on post Korea era jets.
Hope this helps!
Something I’ve had really good luck with on my last couple of planes is lightly packing the cockpit (or wheel wells or engine intakes) with tissue and than sealing it in with latex liquid mask. The latex give the tissue some backbone and hold up better than masking tape. The tissue keeps you from need tons of latex and helps in removal.
The latex also works pretty good at temporally holding the canopy on. You need to premask the whole canopy, which for takes me a lot of time, but there is very little touch up afterwards. And because its only on there temporally you can do what you want after painting.
I found that just making a sorta dome with tape work very well, you just have to come back later and touch up the areas very close to the open parts of the cockpit.
I use vac canopies, so the left over kit canopy gets white glued in place for painting. What better mask could you ask for? Seals up the cockpit completely - just pop it off, replace it with the vac canopy and your set.
I use vac canopies, so the left over kit canopy gets white glued in place for painting. What better mask could you ask for? Seals up the cockpit completely - just pop it off, replace it with the vac canopy and your set.