Preparing for masking the canopy of a 1:144 A400M transport plane, I am testing out "Parafilm M laboratory film".

Seems that, maybe, one must really stretch *every* area of the film, and not just the center, as the film itself isn't adhesive by default. And so if one only activates/stretches the center part, I think it looks like the outer edge doesn't become sticky.

I am testing this on a piece of scrap model, so far, this looks promising. I must remember to always use a new and sharp blade to avoid fiddling, when cutting the film into shape once placed onto a canopy clear part.

I've never done this before, I hope the blade doesn't veer off away from the slight raised edge on the canopy.

I do wonder what it will be like, under a layer of primer and paint, I hope I don't have to use a blade to cut the parafilm off again, I wouldn't think so because of how thin the layer of airbrushed paint tend to be, but I am new to this, don't really know what to expect here.