soybetio Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Any suggestions? I tried with masking tape, dimo tape and the line is not coming out straight. I'm using the Tamiya scriber, and with a sharp knife but i'm not getting right results. Regards! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GGoheen Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Perhaps this is more in lines of what you are looking for to aid in scribing those curved surfaces. Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PNW_Modeler Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) yup....template is the way to go. I went to Office Depot and got one of those template that drafters use for laying out a home blue print Edited April 6, 2010 by paul.nortness Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkeye's Hobbies Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Sharpen the ends of various diameter metal tubing, press and twist to put the circle onto the the surface. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frankhenrylee Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Awesome tip. Trying to scribe those small circles is difficult for me using a template. This sounds much better. As a matter of fact, pretty much every tip from Hawkeye is golden. His tips and techniques for doing things seem to be some of the best around. Thanks Gerald! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pierre Sacha Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi, I use mostly aluminum tape i.o. dymo. For your problem I would tape a template with the correct diameter circle on to a piece of aluminum tape place this on a piece of glass surface and scratch around the circle with a needle until the circle falls free. Now you can stick the piece of aluminum tape with the circular hole on to the appropriate position on the tank and scribe away! I do this with square or elliptical panels also. Hope this helps. Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soybetio Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Thanks for all your tips guys!!! I filled the tanks yesterday with CA, probably I will try tomorrow and will let you know the results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G_Marcat_Italy Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I do use electrical repairing tape, it's made in PVC and it's flexible enough to follow the round shape of a fuel tank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtypecanare Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Have you seen this video from Sprucutters? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkeye's Hobbies Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Awesome tip. Trying to scribe those small circles is difficult for me using a template. This sounds much better. As a matter of fact, pretty much every tip from Hawkeye is golden. His tips and techniques for doing things seem to be some of the best around. Thanks Gerald! Thanks! Sometimes we tend to over engineer things when simple methods are actually more effective. We forget that many of the new gizmos weren't around back when...we used what we had to accomplish the task. The US spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop an ink pen that could write in zero gravity...the Russians used a pencil! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pbhawkin Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 As per Hawkeye's suggestion I use 'punch' biopsy tools to make round holes. These are used by your doctor to remove a small circle of skin to send away to pathology rather than doing a larger removal. They are available from 1mm up to 8mm and are available from medical suppliers and maybe your local friendly doctor. I am a GP so have access to them!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Sharpen the ends of various diameter metal tubing, press and twist to put the circle onto the the surface. Or you could use these: http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGTT-35 http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGTT-36 Review here: http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/accessories/tt35.htm Not only can you use them as punches, you can also use them to scribe circles by twisting on the surface I use mostly aluminum tape i.o. dymo. For your problem I would tape a template with the correct diameter circle on to a piece of aluminum tape place this on a piece of glass surface and scratch around the circle with a needle until the circle falls free. Now you can stick the piece of aluminum tape with the circular hole on to the appropriate position on the tank and scribe away! I do this with square or elliptical panels also. This is a good tip. Sometimes those stainless steel templates are difficult to wrap around complex areas of a model. With dymo or aluminium tape, you can actually 'stick' it on the surface & scribe away. To piggy-back on this question, how do you guys scribe AROUND the fuel tank/drop tank. I actually thought of getting one of those tube pipe-cutters & instead of cutting through the drop-tank, just move the drop-tank around the sharp cutting edge until the desired panel line is produced. Any one tried this? Pipe Cutter: http://www.trygrs.com/image-files/pipe-cutter.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soybetio Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 To piggy-back on this question, how do you guys scribe AROUND the fuel tank/drop tank. I actually thought of getting one of those tube pipe-cutters & instead of cutting through the drop-tank, just move the drop-tank around the sharp cutting edge until the desired panel line is produced. Any one tried this?Pipe Cutter: http://www.trygrs.com/image-files/pipe-cutter.jpg Last week I got one of those pipe-cutter, did a test with one of the tanks and the results where pretty good! It is a little bit tricky because not all the fuel tanks are completely round I will show you the results with some pictures I took yesterday. Basically this was the solution I was looking for, something cheap and easy to scribe that missing detail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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