NYSW F45
Active Member
After nodding off and then snapping back into it here at work i had a thought. When you've finished painting a model, baggage car lets say. And you want to have your fictional railroads name at the top like pullman, acl, etc could you use those vinyl stickers as templates? The vinyl stickers i mean like you see on cars sides or windshields. It jus got me thinking if you wanted to have the name painted on, have a shop custom make the logo or name in the font you want. Then after you've painted (not finished with dull/gloss cote) put the stencil where you want it, mask what you dont want ruined, and then paint over the stencil. Wahhh lahh, stencil leaves a nice uniform name or i'de hope so. Or I even thought why not just use the letters cut out from the stencils and put those down first after leaving a small section of the color of paint you want, then paint the entire car the color of you choice.
But, here is my concern. If you painted the entire car first and are using the vinyl sticker as a stencil, will the sticky side of the sticker when pulled off the model leave any nasty residue marks or take up the paint?
But, here is my concern. If you painted the entire car first and are using the vinyl sticker as a stencil, will the sticky side of the sticker when pulled off the model leave any nasty residue marks or take up the paint?