jrallman

Hey, well, here it goes. This is many firsts for me. I, like many on this site, modeled as a kid, though I just glued the kits together with no care, paint, or decals, just to fly them and blow them up. But now I am back at it to do it right, at least as right as I can. This is my third model since starting back with it, but a first in many respects. First quality kit (Tamiya, instead of revell etc.), first post online, first photo etch (eduard zoom), first resin (true details wheels and exhausts), first arial wires (invisible thread), first weathering (silver pen, aluminum paint, doc

I found some horrible smelling bluish "liquid" mask that was actually the consistency of thick snot. I agree that its difficult to get it just where you want it, but once dry it cuts well with a sharp blade. I've wondered if stage/acting latex would work well, don't see why not. But before I tried that, I fell in love with Parafilm and have used that on the past few models with good results. I love that is it waxy and stretchable so it can be pushed and pulled into hard to reach places and weird shapes.