adampolo13
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- Dec 7, 2011
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Hello All,
Thank you for welcoming me into the model community. Like most people I started building models when I was younger then got old, went to college, then came back to modeling when I needed something to keep me occupied on work nights. Over the past few years I have built a few cars, and recently a few motorcycles. I want to be a well rounded builder, able to complete anything. (Really, I think I'm A.D.D. and cannot focus on one genre for too long before losing interest.
That leads me to my current project, the 1/48 Italeri V-22 Osprey. I chose the kit because the aircraft is totally radical. Come to find out, after I bought the kit, I found many reviews stating the kit fits poorly, panel lines are raised, lack of detail ect.. So, in my wisdom I decided I would scribe all the panel lines and re-rivet the whole thing... Not to mention I cut out the door and am scratch building the interior details. What a project I've gotten myself into. I've gotten so frustrated with the thing I've almost thrown it away a few times, more than once I've put it back in the box and hidden in my shelf telling myself I'll finish it some other time... (I've got a 1/48 Harrier waiting to be opened)
So, I've been using the backside of a dull blade, and a strait edge, (I broke open a measuring tape and cut it into a manageable piece) I've never scribed panel lines before so my question is, How deep should I be making the panel lines? I know I've got a bit of sanding to do in prep for the primer, but I don't want to make the lines so deep that they look out of scale. Also, I'm going at the rivets with a drill bit. (i know there are other methods, but will this yield good results after final painting? Any advice would be great. Here are few pics of my most recent motorcycle (just so you can see my skill level (or lack of)) and then two pics of panel lines on the engine nacelle.
Thank you for welcoming me into the model community. Like most people I started building models when I was younger then got old, went to college, then came back to modeling when I needed something to keep me occupied on work nights. Over the past few years I have built a few cars, and recently a few motorcycles. I want to be a well rounded builder, able to complete anything. (Really, I think I'm A.D.D. and cannot focus on one genre for too long before losing interest.
That leads me to my current project, the 1/48 Italeri V-22 Osprey. I chose the kit because the aircraft is totally radical. Come to find out, after I bought the kit, I found many reviews stating the kit fits poorly, panel lines are raised, lack of detail ect.. So, in my wisdom I decided I would scribe all the panel lines and re-rivet the whole thing... Not to mention I cut out the door and am scratch building the interior details. What a project I've gotten myself into. I've gotten so frustrated with the thing I've almost thrown it away a few times, more than once I've put it back in the box and hidden in my shelf telling myself I'll finish it some other time... (I've got a 1/48 Harrier waiting to be opened)
So, I've been using the backside of a dull blade, and a strait edge, (I broke open a measuring tape and cut it into a manageable piece) I've never scribed panel lines before so my question is, How deep should I be making the panel lines? I know I've got a bit of sanding to do in prep for the primer, but I don't want to make the lines so deep that they look out of scale. Also, I'm going at the rivets with a drill bit. (i know there are other methods, but will this yield good results after final painting? Any advice would be great. Here are few pics of my most recent motorcycle (just so you can see my skill level (or lack of)) and then two pics of panel lines on the engine nacelle.
