Looking for the WIP thread describing how to make the RA-5C demarcation line

[F-100_John]

The RA-5C has always intrigued me w/ it’s beautiful lines. Does anyone have the WIP

thread describing how to mask the tape for the very curving demarcation lines?

F-100John

[plasticjunkie]

John, it’s not that hard using silly putty as a guide along the long Vigilante fuselage. I have a gate guardian not far from me over at the Sanford Airport here in Central Florida. This Airport was a US Navy training base back in WWII thru Viet Nam and a Vigilante training base.

[gregbale]

John, it’s not that hard using silly putty as a guide along the long Vigilante fuselage.

Or just cutting masking tape with the aid of a French curve. The plastic ‘craft’ ones are easy to find…and it’s a darned useful tool for the modeler in many masking situations.[:)]

[plasticjunkie]

plasticjunkie
John, it’s not that hard using silly putty as a guide along the long Vigilante fuselage.

Or just cutting masking tape with the aid of a French curve. The plastic ‘craft’ ones are easy to find…and it’s a darned useful tool for the modeler in many masking situations.

Ha ha, thanks for reminding me about the French Curve set I bought at HL a while back, totally forgot about that one.

[PaulBoyer]

If you saw my B-52 article in the February issue, you’ll see a craft scissor that cuts a uniform wavy line that may be just right on the Vigie:

[gregbale]

If you saw my B-52 article in the February issue, you’ll see a craft scissor that cuts a uniform wavy line that may be just right on the Vigie:

Thanks for that heads-up, Paul!

Didn’t happen to catch that issue…but those scissors look ver-r-r-ry interesting…

[GMorrison]

They seemed to be either straight or wavy. If wavy, photos show a very slight variation, and irregular. Almost as if painted by hand. You could blow up a sideview and use as a guide to cut tape by hand.