On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:50 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I've started the prep work on the new issue of kooklits Type VII U-boat (in > North Sea camouflage). > Since I can never leave well enough alone, I've scaled the original 1:72 > file up to 1:32. > My question (which applies to any card model, really) is where to trim the > parts. > Do I trim on the outside of the line or split it down the middle. I did not > see this in any of the additional notes supplied with the original issue of > this new one. > Thoughts? Input? > I'm also still considering what to mount the former prints to. The slot > openings are 0.09". > Cardboard or other? > On the papermodelers.com group, someone has started using basswood and the > results seem very clean. > JoeG
Joe, Chances are that the designer's geometry runs through the middle of the lines. However, since you've more than doubled the scale and probably have not doubled the thickness of the paper you're using, I'd err somewhat toward the outside of the lines. -- Mike Hungerford http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html A heinous crime, a show of force, (A murder would be nice, of course ...) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
