Gee Bee Racer

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
very nice !!!!

Rob Foellinger
Thanks!

Ben STONE
Nice work Rob. I'm doing the same kit at the moment. What did you use to mask up with when doing the red?

Rob Foellinger
It is a simple kit but due to it being a very elderly tooling, there were some challenges as far as fit. For the red areas I had to experiment a bit. I started with frisket film, but it wouldn't stick due to the ribbing on the wings. Then I tried MicroMask, and I'll never do that again, it was a huge pain to remove it after I was done. That stuff is junk. What I ended up doing was using Tamiya masking tape to outline the design and then trimmed it to match up with the lines that are molded into the wings and fuselage. Then I just covered the rest with regular masking tape. Good luck!

Ben STONE
I used Mr Hobby Masking Sol. Worked pretty well apart from a few irregularities, was very easy to remove.
scalemates.com/profi..bums&album=28992

Rob Foellinger
Thanks for the suggestion, maybe I'll try that stuff next time.

Ben STONE
I'll post some pics of the result. Not much different to yours, a but wonky in places.
I think the idea is to make sure it's applied reasonably thick. I put a blob on and spread it out towards my "line" with a tooth pick.

Ben STONE
Masking results are posted here Rob.
scalemates.com/profi..bums&album=28992

Rob Foellinger
Looks good! It seems like liquid masks are not the ideal solution when you need a crisp line. But in cases like this with complex curvy designs it might be the easiest option. All in all, I'm glad I'm done with this thing because its a paint scheme I don't ever want to have to deal with again haha.

Ben STONE
Rob, to my limited knowledge his was the easiest and most practical way to do it. It's not a complicated scheme but it's a contrasted and exact one that stands out and any flaws are stark. There's parts of the "arches" that I've done that are pretty good, others that are a bit wonky or bumpy. When applying the mask it's hard to know just how exact it will be. To me it worked well. No masking tape constantly lifted, minimal paint peeled off removing any masking and minimal swear words were used when applying and removing.