I used a flat short-bristled brush to paint mine on. If I wanted to fill a crack or something I just loaded the brush to lay it on thick. Since it’s already colored, it seems like you can lay it on heavy, then sand it back to where you want it without sacrificing your finish color.
Yellow is a very difficult color to apply. In the future I would first apply a white primer to the surface before the yellow.
Yep, a lesson I've learned the hard but effective way.
I've had experience with art tape producing excellent results on my Bluenose schooner. The trick to keeping it down is overcoat it with clear poly urethane, that is assuming I can get the tape properly placed. If that doesn't work, then double masking a line is the next step. I did use the 'coating the edge' of the yellow masking tape with clear which prior to spraying the yellow which helps prevent under runs of paint. Free handing the black boarder is out of the question so hopefully the black art tape works.
Lessons learned the hard way tend not to be forgotten unlike those easy simple mistakes that can be easlily corrected.
I do use the blue tape, but I find the best results by doing most of my masking with paper and blue tape but on the very edge I use Tamyia tape (which is yellow) that I burnish down. I find it molds extremely well to the contures of whatever you are masking and leaves a very sharp demarcation and will (usually) not pull the underlying tape off.
Another option perhaps is to thin down that gasket material? Also you may want to consider using smaller really strong neodymium magnets like these. They will hold the boat tightly against the hull of the plane
Not sure if I am clear here Rob. When I talk about art tape it's not for masking but stays on the model permanently as in pin striping. This pin striping will boarder the yellow and will be black in color.
Thought about that too Rob but trimming the gasket material in that direction would produce an uneven edge, right now the first uneven edge (vertical cut) is hidden from view. I thought about using the stronger neodymium magnets as well but did not want to take the chance of inadvertently leaning in too close to them because I have a pacemaker implant and I try to stay away from strong magnetic fields, who knows you know. Still, I do very much appreciate your helpful suggestions.
Great pictures Graham, the bottom photo is the lifeboat used with the B29, its much bigger than the B17's boat. My dad had said you could almost park a B17 under each wing of a B29.
Thanks Paul, art tape is a wonderful invention.
Thanks, Rob, I believe I must be 'painting challenged'. Ha! it's just a battle to keep a positive attitude towards it.
As I said before, I believe yellow is a very difficult color to apply well. It really needs a white primer or base coat and multiple layers. On those B-17s I am sure they just sprayed (or even hand painted) any yellow they could find over whatever base color the B-17 had (later on in the war most B-17s were left unpainted).
