Hi ,

Short and simple (maybe?) .

How do the majority of you apply checkerboard patterns to your stunt ships ?

Thanks ,

Rob K.

Hi ,

Thanks Ty and thanks Clint .
I really appreciate the help 

Rob K.

I'm afraid that I never seem to do square checkboard. I tend to stretch it around, bend it and try to get an illusion of movement (like a waving checkered flag). So I sketch mine out and use thin, fine line tape to tape it out, then mask and shoot. It works for me, but it's a lot of work to do the taping (or can be depending on how carried away I got with the design).

Greg,

See, Greg understands. Just about like that. Very nice.

Greg,

Last I checked, it wasn't a race.   

Sometimes I look at a plane and the paint scheme just comes to me all in a rush. I just follow the vision, as it were. Other times, I don't have a clue. I shoot a blocking coat and just try to let the shapes of the plane suggest something to me. And sometimes I struggle just as much as anyone. I look at this thing and nothing comes to me. I almost just left a plane in base white once because of that. Designer's block or something.

I spend a lot of time looking at a plane while building it, of course, but sometimes it's hard to tell anything until it's covered. Especially one of my "spidery" (as they've been called) structures. I do the best when I just let the shapes of the structure suggest a trim design to me. The new plane is really already mapped out. Should be very different compared to stuff I've done in the past.

<Greg, Last I checked, it wasn't a race.>
Randy,
Yeah I know, Just trying to give you a light hearted pat on the back. Cheers