Dave_E Posted March 7, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 7, 2022 Hi All, Just a goofy question I was pondering as I get ready to mark the waterline. After the procedure of marking, there will be a pencil line. Do you mask allowing the pencil line to be covered by the white? Does the white paint cover the pencil line OK? Canute, thibaultron and mtaylor 3 Quote Dave Current builds: Rattlesnake Completed builds: Lady Nelson On the shelf: NRG Half Hull Project, Various metal, plastic and paper models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted March 7, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 7, 2022 Don't make a real dark pencil line and the paint should cover it with no problem. Just able to see the line is adequate and you don't want to disturb/scratch the primer or underlying paint. VTHokiEE, Canute, thibaultron and 4 others 6 1 Quote Kurt Van Dahm Director NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD www.thenrg.org SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS CLUBS Nautical Research & Model Ship Society of Chicago Midwest Model Shipwrights North Shore Deadeyes The Society of Model Shipwrights Butch O'Hare - IPMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted March 8, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 8, 2022 Theoretical question: If a charcoal pencil - a sorta soft (HB or so) - was used for the line - used over a paint layer - would a spit wet Kleenex rub the mark off before the area was painted over? mtaylor, Canute and thibaultron 3 Quote NRG member 45 years Current: HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 ship - timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted March 8, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 8, 2022 Not sure but Denatured Alcohol will do the job. Dampen a clean WHITE cloth and wipe the area and the pencil marks will be gone. Use a white rag because the coloring of the rag may be affected by the Alcohol. The Alcohol shouldn't affect the primer or paint as long as the paint is dry and the rag isn't saturated and rubbed too hard. This works well for pencil marks on bare wood too. Canute, Bob Cleek, Ryland Craze and 3 others 5 1 Quote Kurt Van Dahm Director NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD www.thenrg.org SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS CLUBS Nautical Research & Model Ship Society of Chicago Midwest Model Shipwrights North Shore Deadeyes The Society of Model Shipwrights Butch O'Hare - IPMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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