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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Jun 26, 2014 18:12:06 GMT -7
I have been using chrome foil for a few years now, BUT I just am having a crappy time of getting this to lay nice and smooth. Also, say for around a windshield, Do I waste more than I use? I mean, all I can think to make it appear as one piece would be to cut out a large piece to lay across the windshield, then trim and cut out the middle? Also, for classics that have driver and passenger window wings, how in the world to get this smooth as well? Frustrates me to ne end, and all I seem to end up doing is applying to much, it ends up crinkly, and then I am left to touch up with a tweezer and silver paint. Sometimes I think I should just go back to painting the silver on, but when you do get the chrome foil to lay smooth, it looks so much better. What I have been using is toothpicks and q-tips to lay and apply the foil, is there some kind of tool I should be using?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 2:06:01 GMT -7
I personally do the sides of the winscreen first, usually a bit wider than needed, smoothed out with the q-tips, then trim the edges with a "brand new" scalpel blade, then do the top and bottom the same way, with a bit of overlap, which replicates by accident the chrome trim on a real one. Now, for the side vent windows, they are the biggest pain in the A@# you will ever do, so cutting the buggers out sometimes gives it a different look , and saves on frustration.  |
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Jun 27, 2014 10:45:30 GMT -7
I never even gave it a thought to just cut them out, I like that idea, gonna go with this for a few kits - thanks for the tips!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 11:52:24 GMT -7
You have to think all the way back to the prep of the body. If there are any little nicks on the window frames, they will show through the foil.so sanding down with a fine grit during the primer stage helps a lot in the end.
For me, it works to cut thin strips just slightly bigger than the frame itself. I use a ruler to cut thin straight strips. Start at one end of the window frame and try to get it as close as possible to the line work towards the opposite end. I find a lot more difficult to trim in straight lines than to apply a straight edge if that makes any sense. Also waste a lot less. The qtips are great to push it down I to all angles, once you set it in place.
Hope his helps.
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Jun 27, 2014 13:11:14 GMT -7
Sure does, I work / build my kits on a glass surface, got the rulers and new blades, I'm on it, Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 23:19:06 GMT -7
GAWD, I'm learning new things here too (I'VE NEVER used BMF to do trim), I always used to paint it on with Testors Chrome paint, but now, this is a whole other story!
When you say "cut it out, what exactly you mean by that, "cut it out" for the wing windows, that have the triangle trim work?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2014 4:09:04 GMT -7
GAWD, I'm learning new things here too (I'VE NEVER used BMF to do trim), I always used to paint it on with Testors Chrome paint, but now, this is a whole other story! When you say "cut it out, what exactly you mean by that, "cut it out" for the wing windows, that have the triangle trim work? Cut the blooody thing out, remove the quarter vent window altogether mate, so it is like a modern car, 1 side window, no little triangle dicky window, makes for a cleaner look too. This is an option if BMF piss's one off and you have had enough. |
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