I’ve just had a second thought about the masking question……
My earlier response was about masking areas that you don’t want to paint, therefore that mask should ideally remain until finished
But my second thought is about masking the pattern. For different patterns there can be the need to remove different masks, so there could be a degree of lifting and moving masks. But as this will be BerlinCam then I would expect the mask plan to be:
1) protective masking - cover anything not to be painted, that does not have to be exclusively masking tape, I have used tape, newspaper and cling film.
For example wrap the case handle in cling film then tape its edges.
Clamps and hinges can be a pain in the arse, so probably tape the edge, perhaps trim that with a scalpel then tape all over the rest of that piece. Make sure that any folds aren’t going to leave a gap for paint to get in.
A lazy option is to not paint the side faces, in which case you can mask the whole side. For big areas I would cut newspaper to fill the space and tape down its edges. This takes away the problem of neatly painting around the hinges but leaves unpainted sides / edges - sometimes that looks good and sometimes it just looks obvious that it was avoided
2) Paint any base coat, and the first camouflage colour - for the number of layers that seem right
3) Let it all dry, then let it dry some more. Stick on the first pattern mask over the ares of this first colour that are to remain
4) Paint the second camouflage colour, let it dry properly then mask this colour etc
5) Once all colours are complete and dry lift the camouflage masks.
6) Optionally before lifting the original protection mask spray on a clear matte coat to protect the paint
BerlinCam is a nice crisp pattern in the good old dazzle style, so does not need soft blends. That means for this pattern you would want to leave masks in place. If it was a blended pattern then lifting masks would allow for blending different edges rather than crisp masks
Tm
My earlier response was about masking areas that you don’t want to paint, therefore that mask should ideally remain until finished
But my second thought is about masking the pattern. For different patterns there can be the need to remove different masks, so there could be a degree of lifting and moving masks. But as this will be BerlinCam then I would expect the mask plan to be:
1) protective masking - cover anything not to be painted, that does not have to be exclusively masking tape, I have used tape, newspaper and cling film.
For example wrap the case handle in cling film then tape its edges.
Clamps and hinges can be a pain in the arse, so probably tape the edge, perhaps trim that with a scalpel then tape all over the rest of that piece. Make sure that any folds aren’t going to leave a gap for paint to get in.
A lazy option is to not paint the side faces, in which case you can mask the whole side. For big areas I would cut newspaper to fill the space and tape down its edges. This takes away the problem of neatly painting around the hinges but leaves unpainted sides / edges - sometimes that looks good and sometimes it just looks obvious that it was avoided
2) Paint any base coat, and the first camouflage colour - for the number of layers that seem right
3) Let it all dry, then let it dry some more. Stick on the first pattern mask over the ares of this first colour that are to remain
4) Paint the second camouflage colour, let it dry properly then mask this colour etc
5) Once all colours are complete and dry lift the camouflage masks.
6) Optionally before lifting the original protection mask spray on a clear matte coat to protect the paint
BerlinCam is a nice crisp pattern in the good old dazzle style, so does not need soft blends. That means for this pattern you would want to leave masks in place. If it was a blended pattern then lifting masks would allow for blending different edges rather than crisp masks
Tm
