Friday, March 09, 2018

Masking a tram with cornflakes

I don't mind helping my Dad out with some painting, but I insist he masks thing up himself. It's a job I hate and he's got plenty of time for this sort of fiddly work.

Anyway, on the bench at the moment is an Ochre G scale tram kit. The sides need to go blue, we have a rattle can. All we need is to stop the paint getting inside where it's all supposed to be a varnished wood finish.

His solution is "out of a box" - making a box that slips inside the tram body from cereal packets. Not difficult, but certainly pretty nifty and I'd not thought of it before. 
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown6:16 AM

    That is pretty clever thinking. Thanks for shsrsha.

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  2. Anonymous11:34 AM

    I waite the results hoping the spray doen't leak around the window frames
    Who rubs down the primming coat, or coats
    Richard

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  3. Huw Griffiths7:11 PM

    If anyone's really worried, there's nothing to stop the use of tape inside the bodyshell, around the window frames. If desired, it can be cut to shape using a scalpel.

    Otherwise, I guess there's always blu-tak or plastiscene.

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