Making Masks for Scale Models with Cricut

[@geobeard3804]

Sweet! Just bought an explore air 2 yesterday. I'm really shocked by how much detail you can get out of these. It's really going to boost my airbrush game

[@nkdfun]

You can use something called Transfer paper to maintain the shape of the design as you apply it to the model.

[@306_cstm]

Regular green painters tape also works as i have recently discovered👍

[@heavyjohnny]

More videos on how to include the Cricut in my modeling please. I would like to see how to create vinyl decals too. That would be cool!

[@ScaleModelKitReview]

I just discovered your great channel, I really like your work and your "how to" videos are GREAT!! Thanks for sharing your work.

[@Pte1643]

Hi. Looking at getting one of these. Great demo. What’s the smallest size letter stencil it’s capable of cutting? For instance, can you get down to about 3mm?

[@seanerk5kt9]

Lettering that small is possible but I’d recommend using using vinyl rather than Tamiya sticker sheet when you are trying smaller stuff like that.

[@bigchef2112]

Great video. I’m going to start cutting some masks for my nascar builds. Thanks!

[@jamesmurowchick4586]

Nice video--I have a Cricut but haven't made much with it yet. For something like the red, white, and blue stars and bars, would you make more than one stencil, one with separate parts for each color, and in what order would you paint them? Paint the white with just the outside masked, then mask the star and white in the bars, then remove the red bar mask and spray the red? All that involves removing and replacing parts of the whole mask.

[@seanerk5kt9]

Here’s a good tutorial on how I do it at 20:56. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmq2hZqojbiFnas This one shows the star and bar without the red stripe. When I do paint the red stripe, I just mask it off last with tape (not using a precut mask) and spray the red. Hope that helps.

[@Hankercheif]

What paper do u use for the masks? And where do you buy it. im looking to start painting my decals instead

[@tbelcher01]

Have you ever tried to cut sheet styrene with the Cricut?

[@seanerk5kt9]

Yes. Since styrene only needs to be scored, using the cricket is sometimes helpful when trying to cut multiple exact copies of the same shape. I just set it on the thick cardstock setting I believe.

[@tbelcher01]

@@seanerk5kt9 Ah yes good point! There's no need for it to cut right through.

[@RossAWaddell]

Excellent vid. I have the same Cricut - did you ever find a better paper setting for the Tamiya paper/frisket? I tried on the lowest setting and it still cut through all the way (using the fine cutting blade).

[@seanerk5kt9]

No, I haven’t but I’ve been using the highest paper setting and haven’t had that issue.

[@markhoustein4142]

Try using the vinyl settings. They cut thought the top layer but not the bottom carrier paper.

[@avitor500]

Very nice tutorial. I’m considering to buy a Silhoutte Portrait 2. So do you think the software has the same feature to make the vectors from an image ?

[@seanerk5kt9]

I’m not an expert in the nomenclature but the cricut can vectorize an image but it’s rather clunky to do so and I’ve found the quality suffers a bit. Therefore when I can, I recreate the letters or image myself in either procreate on the iPad or gimp on the computer. I’ve heard the silhouettes program is much more capable for those who are more computer literate, but I have never used it so couldnt give advice on which is better. The cricut is pretty simple and in fact my 11 year uses.

[@avitor500]

@@seanerk5kt9 thank you for answering. I just found your channel on KZbin, and your models are amazing! I'm watching the final video of the PBY4Y-2. Can you give me the mix to achieve the sea blue and intermediate blue? I think you just nailed it, they look fantastic.

[@seanerk5kt9]

avitor500, I may have just mixed it by eye if I recall correctly but here’s where I get all my mix ratios for tamiya paints. www.ipmsdayton.com/sites/default/files/Tamiya_Mixes.txt

[@avitor500]

@@seanerk5kt9 thanks a lot

[@wrbrdmech]

Hey is it possible to do a video series on the Zoukei Mura/Fisher Model and Pattern fat face Skyraider conversion? Thanks!

[@seanerk5kt9]

I’ve actually built that conversion years ago and it was very easy to build. Unfortunately I don’t have the kits to build it on video

[@1932denise]

Nice video 👍

[@walterwilmoth8390]

I tried going to your website. is it still going or dif I type it wrong. prob the latter. love your stuff keep it coming

[@seanerk5kt9]

Hey Walter, you didn’t type it incorrectly. The website was getting to be a pain to update and since I video 90% of my builds and post them here, I just let the domain name expire.

[@walterwilmoth8390]

@@seanerk5kt9 ah ok thanks for the reply.

[@ashfox2012]

Siiiiiixx

[@strategosopsikion8576]

Seriously man, you could sell masks on eBay. People would buy them

[@WiFuzzy]

It;s just a vinyl cutter. You do not need to spend that much for one of those.

[@ScaleModelKitReview]

I just discovered your great channel, I really like your work and your "how to" videos are GREAT!! Thanks for sharing your work.

[@seanerk5kt9]

Thanks! I try to put out videos on subjects that are underrepresented in the KZbin modeling community.