The Little World

But that doesn’t stop me from putting on my tinfoil hat. I’m not repelling mind control – I’m keeping out stray spray paint.

I find occasionally that I have a need for a trim colour that is too big for brushing but too small for a major masking stage. In the case of the Sabre it turned out to be a dark blue flash at the tip of the rudder and the anti-glare panel on the nose. I’d finished the three other major colours on the plane but needed these to look good.

So I masked in a local area with the expensive Tamiya tape – then backed it up with the cheap green Scotch masking tape. Then raided the kitchen cupboard for the roll of aluminium foil.

Is this cheap? Yes.

Is it nasty? Yes.

Is it effective? Absolutely – and it is very easy to peel off and clean up later. Beats newspaper masks or plastic bags all hollow.