I've masked off my Tomcat canopy (did this quite a few months ago). I've been racking my brain on how to keep paint spillage from getting under the canoopy and ruining the canopy from the underside.
I'm just wondering if a blu-tak sausage shaped to fit under the canopy would be sufficient enough in keeping paint spillage from getting on the canopy inside? Or should I turn around and put Tamiya tape under the canopy to absolutely prevent any seepage at all?
These are the questions that I've been asking myself because the whole point of trying to figure out each and every step has not been crystal clear to me. A lot of people may say that might be a bit too much "thinking" on a hobby, but well...I don't like making mistakes. But maybe a part of this hobby is to learn as you make mistakes. ~sigh~
I'm going to have to strip the cockpit again so that I can actually turn around and prime the whole cockpit with grey primer. Then apply some tape to the sections that I want painted control surface black.
My wife gave me an idea of saving some "baby food" jars and using them to mix paint...or set up the mixture of thinner/paint for flat finishes of Modelmaster Int. Black (3 parts paint to 1 part thinner) (according to Testors = Gloss; 3 parts paint to 2 parts thinner. Flat; 3 parts paint to 1 part thinner)
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