Serenity - March 13 2007
Painted the windshields of the third set of shuttles
So for the solar panels I wanted the frames to be a bit distinct from the rest of the solar panels. So I decided to sand them slightly and hope that the black undercoat might show through. However this did not work so I then decided to see if using a sharpie would produce decent results. I know the trying it freehand would not be neat enough looking so I started to mask it off with Tamiya masking tape cut into thin strips. Here they are applied horizontally
Here is the solar panel and the sharpie
And after writing on the solar panel
With the masking tapre removed
Next is the vertical frame parts
Finally it is the outside frame. Now that I can do freehand as I can rest the sharpie against the edge to keep it steady ad to draw a straight line. The results look pretty good. Unfortunately it is a bit time consuming and there are a lot of solar panels