This Post Will Make You Angry

 All jokes aside, there are those among 'collectors' and among 'modellers' who won't like what I'm doing. I know it, and after you read this post, you'll know it too,

Some folks frankly find the mutilation (stripping & repainting) of collectibles a tad off-putting. And a different camp of folks - hobbyists the lot - will take umbrage with my tally of rivets, farcical reporting marks, and amateurish technique. Sadly for them, I enjoy what I do and am mostly content with how I do it so in that vein...

TRIGGER WARNING

Here is my rather simplistic method of "masking" my trucks for painting.

I try to start with cars that are stamped rather than decaled because the stripping process is as simple as pooling some isopropyl alcohol over the markings and swabbing it up after a few minutes with a cotton swab then wiping clean with a paper towel. I have a dickens of a time getting AF decals off through gentle chemical means. (I.E. It don't work.)

 

Not the best shot but I was fighting with the station agent who was REALLY demanding my attention.