spyder918 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Hey scouts, wondering how some of you painted the white circle on the tank topper? Freehand? Did you use some kind of template? I was thinking of maybe getting these below..just not sure if the size is correct though. https://trooperbay.com/abdominal-plate-masking-template 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormyStormtrooper Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 The easiest way for me personally would to be use something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Alvin-TD1204-Circle-Master-Template/dp/B000KNJQRK/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_229_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=11EGP1Z4WH1PYB4J4MF0 Basically plastic stencils, and should be moderately flexible. You could also reuse it for any other circles. You could also trace a dime, or something similar in size, and be guided by that trace. (I think the dot is around a size of a dime, a tad larger then those abdominal masking templates.) Check out this forum as well: It has some helpful information. Best of luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikerScout007 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I did the dime-tracing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
762s Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 did mine freehand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I do mine with a cut out stencil, use thin, "hard" carboard, use a metal punch to "punch out" the shape, I then use an airbrush to spray white cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyder918 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 10 hours ago, StormyStormtrooper said: The easiest way for me personally would to be use something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Alvin-TD1204-Circle-Master-Template/dp/B000KNJQRK/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_229_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=11EGP1Z4WH1PYB4J4MF0 Basically plastic stencils, and should be moderately flexible. You could also reuse it for any other circles. You could also trace a dime, or something similar in size, and be guided by that trace. (I think the dot is around a size of a dime, a tad larger then those abdominal masking templates.) Check out this forum as well: It has some helpful information. Best of luck! Right..I was thinking of using one of these too but how? Use it to cut out a hole to make a template or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormyStormtrooper Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 10 hours ago, spyder918 said: Right..I was thinking of using one of these too but how? Use it to cut out a hole to make a template or? That is what I was thinking, or you could just use it directly AS the stencil/template. As in, putting in directly ontop of the tanktop, and painting it. Sorry for the unclear explanation, I hope you can get this sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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