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PAINT SCALE MARKINGS WITH VINYL MASKS

y most recent project is a 1/3-scale RC Thomas Morse S4B, and I used Replicraft 1/5-scale plans for reference. They include everything needed to), which includes multiple photos of all the scratch-built details. For color & markings documentation, I used the “Official Monogram U.S. Army & Air Corp. Aircraft Color Guide, Vol 1, 1908 – 1941) book to make sure everything was correct. It is comprehensive and includes lots of diagrams and real paint color chips. I decided to try mixing my own colors which turned out to be fairly easy using Dave Platt’s Black Arts DVD series.

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