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Ok - You got my attention - tissue and shaving cream mask - DO SHARE PLEASE.
That's a new one. I kinda get but I think a lot of people (including myself) would like to hear more.
Brand/kind of tissue (face, gift...), brand/kind of shaving cream (generic, barbasol..)
Do the oils, and perfumes affect anything? Do you treat the paint job before apply this?
Ok, let's hear more
This trick is very well khown here in Russia among the "old modeller's generation". I tarted to use it at my planes (as the majority of people here I started from the aircrafts). First time I used the pieces of the old newspapers and water/soap mixture. But once time I received the ugly result -- the words from that newpaper came to my model
Then I started to use the toilet paper. It's also good to use but it's necessary to be extremely carefull -- when wet by soap/water or shaving foam/water mixture it's wery unstable and fall apart. So I use the paper napkins (that's the word!) -- just the same as used in fastfoods. They are more tough when wet.
The kind of shaving cream? Hm-m... Just one I have currently at my shelf in the bathroom :-) This time it's Gilette series "regular" shaving foam. But I also used some "Mennen", "Nivea"... That's all were ok -- if it doesn't damage the human's skin, how can it affect the paint?
The technique itself is very easy -- just cut the pieces of necessary shape, apply the water/shaving foam mixture, place them to the model ant then let them dry. If you'll need the soft edge of your paintwork -- just lift a little bit the edge of the paper and let it dry in such a position. After drying it will be hard enough to survive the air flow from your airbrush. After the painting I stay the model to dry owernight and at the morning remove the masks (just take it with me to the shower
). It needs very small amounts of water to remowe -- just a little bit wet the paper and it goes out. The best thing is you can leave it at your model as long as you need without any risk to damage the paint.
