Chek Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Number 3 looks very presentable, although the pitch of the knots does also vary from rib to rib. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Wow....Rudder is lookin good.I like the size of 3 as well. can't stay away.can't wait. Chek and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I'd go with #3 also........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Peter, Most of the tapes look OK, but since I know how picky you are (It takes one to know one!), they may be too thick for scale. Using the pic you have above, it appears that it was taken within 2 feet- maybe 18" or so? At 1/18 scale, that's only an inch away from your model and you can barely see the thickness of the tape on the real deal. What might work OK is Archer decal resin rivets applied to create the lumps, followed by a thick portion of decal film strips instead of real tape. Normally we modelers hate thick decals, but in this circumstance, it just might do the trick. Academy and some Tamiya kits are famous for thick decals, so that might be your source. Just an idea. As I said, tape works too. Cheers, Chuck clarkis and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Ditto the others ... #3 looks the closest. But also with Chuck on the experiments, and would recommend a try with some alu foil rather than tape. Hubert airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I like the tightness of 5. Have you looked at Scotch Transparent Tape? It's thinner than Tamiya tape. It has an acrylic adhesive. It's fairly strong. Leaves no residue. Good show, Peter. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Perhaps even some Bare Metal Foil? Super thin and self-adhesive. Would need to be sealed in, though, and it doesn't take paint all that well (though you could rough it up a bit to provide a key for paint). Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Hi there, Your modelling blows my mind. I look forward to every post. In the interests of adding to a very interesting discussion, here goes! I use a scalpel with the blade at an angle to score in a representation of tape. You get a raised edge that is very fine which I couldn't achieve using tamiya tape. I confess, this does not help with the ribbing though... Examples can be found here: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=55055&hl=%20124%20%20spitfire%20%20kelly&page=4 Keep up the incredible work. Cheers, Kels. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I thought pinking the edges would be impossible, the only idea I could come up with was to run something like one of those rivet wheels down the edge to give the effect. As for the pattern under it, I have seen variances in the lacing in real life too, it totally depends on the person doing its skill. airscale and David66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Number 3 looks very presentable, although the pitch of the knots does also vary from rib to rib. ........what..... well that is all I need.... ..oh well... thank you ...I think... Peter, Most of the tapes look OK, but since I know how picky you are (It takes one to know one!), they may be too thick for scale. Using the pic you have above, it appears that it was taken within 2 feet- maybe 18" or so? At 1/18 scale, that's only an inch away from your model and you can barely see the thickness of the tape on the real deal. What might work OK is Archer decal resin rivets applied to create the lumps, followed by a thick portion of decal film strips instead of real tape. Normally we modelers hate thick decals, but in this circumstance, it just might do the trick. Academy and some Tamiya kits are famous for thick decals, so that might be your source. Just an idea. As I said, tape works too. Cheers, Chuck ..Thanks Chuck, that is a great idea and one I tried with my Tigercat. I think I have decided what I am doing and while I agree the tape is not as subtle as it could/should be, I have to weigh it up against how much time and trouble I have already invested here I found I can feather the edges of the tape in by rubbing with a cocktail stick, and I have also decised to go for number 5.. that was a very thin strip of tape put down first, followed by running an adapted rivet wheel (to get 3mm pitch) hard along the sticky side of another strip to get the wire like raised bit, and the bumps for the knots.. ..like this.. ..I have done one side and am reasonably happy it is subtle enough.. once I feather in the edges and paint it silver it should look ok... (I hope) ..in other news I made the trim tab fairing... hard to see whats going on here, but this is a card jig with a slot in it (nearest camera) which I inserted folded annealed litho. I then bent it back flat with the jig and you can see it 'unfolded' at the top.. ..the finished fairing... ..now to finish the rudder - hope to be back later with it painted.. Thanks for all your consultation TTFN Peter Alburymodeler, Uilleann and David66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Sexy. Nice capture. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 ..done... tailwheel bay next I think.. TTFNPeter Out2gtcha, Fooesboy, Hubert Boillot and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Perfect rendition! Did you happen to CA glue the tape down, Peter? Regards, Greg airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkeeboy56 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 ..done... P tailwheel bay next I think.. TTFN Peter That looks so realistic Peter! Once again superbly skilled engineering! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Yea, it's ok.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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