XLR8 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:09 pm
The driver base looks fantastic! Well done!!
Yeah, I'm really not a fan of the full window stickers. I can never get them to set correctly.
If I use them, I'll go back and cut next to the faux weatherstrip and remove the clear portion.
Thanks so much! This was not easy for me, and the helmet is far more difficult than the base, I've had to re-do the helmet in a few spots, a couple of times now.
I was going to cut out the center parts of the window frames, but the window trim lines have decent arcs to them, would've been sloppy for me to try to cut them without a straight edge, and that would look odd without the arcs and just straight cuts. Wasn't convinced I could do that correctly.
silvertriple wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:19 pm
This is tipically what I usually try to do with masking and paint. Gnerally, I try to do my own masks on the Silhouette Cameo 4, and generally, I use a colored paper cut to fit the windows, scan it, size it, and use a 1,5 to 2mm external offset I cut at the same time at the mask. I transfer them, and used the offseted part to do the windows joints in black while I back the main color in black...
On the Tomahawk, I did not procced this way, and I should have, that would have been much better...
Great tip, I understand, that's how to make a mask for the window rubber. That's a great idea, I'll have to try that next time I get in this jam.
What I ended up doing for the moment, was removing all of the window decals, except the front windshield, for now, and used Tamiya PS-31 smoke on the sunroof, and rear windows only. Trying on the carbon fiber running boards and wing edges too.
With the front windows clear, the driver should show up in there better.
Going to leave it like this for now, and see how it looks tomorrow.
Thanks for the tips and encouragement guys!