Boy did it ever! I used this tiny drill bit and used the holes as a guideline as I dragged it from one side to the other, a lot easier than using a cutting disc in my opinion.
Boy did it ever! I used this tiny drill bit and used the holes as a guideline as I dragged it from one side to the other, a lot easier than using a cutting disc in my opinion.
That may be how I attempt to do more of my slots then. I'm nowhere near brave enough to attempt the cut-off wheel, and I'm sick of spending hours filing those tiny suckers by hand! lol Thanks for the suggestion, catbread, and good luck!
Boy did it ever! I used this tiny drill bit and used the holes as a guideline as I dragged it from one side to the other, a lot easier than using a cutting disc in my opinion.
Nope! Humbrol 247, or RLM 76 as I think it is better known. 147 is what we were using before, but I think it was agreed that the blue grey of 247 was a better match.
Found the post! He used 147+96 in humbrol enamel to come up with the blue, I've inserted his picture here. I used XF-2 and XF-18 to come up with with mine.
Oh! I also was using Ponte's recent FPH2 paint up for some paint ideas. The main color I stole directly from his paint up aside from the base color, is the red he used for the mandibles, TS-33. Tamiya Dull Red in a spray can.
Alright, so I got the base coat down, I used a custom mix of Tamiya Acrylics XF-2 and XF-18.
After about a half an hour of fighting with my printer and it's ink, I started to size and cut the templates out. I found out that the lower right (if you're looking at it) cheek and the lower left cheek are of different sizes, by only about 2%. But other than that it was a lot of trial and error to get the right percentage for the helmet without using Superjedi's template sizing tutorial (my Paintshop program was a bust and I actually ended up getting EXTREMELY close with this simple method. Not precise! But CLOSE.)
ALSO, ALWAYS wear gloves when touching your helmet, not sure if that's common knowledge already or not. But you definitely don't want to get any oils from your hands on the helmet as it might affect the paint. I used painters tape as a guide to cut a straight line along the bottom of the some of the templates if they needed it, like on some where the bottom of the template is floating in the center of the page. I also like to cut little frillies to allow the template to move a little more freely around curved areas.
Aaaaaand I brain farted so there'll probably be more later... haha. I'm stenciling in the back panel base color tonight.