Ink pens

[Ron Vargo]

Does anyone have a good source for Indian ink pens for panel lines.  Thx in advance

[Don Jenkins]

Does anyone have a good source for Indian ink pens for panel lines.  Thx in advance

Dickblick.com.  It's an art supply site that I use for all my rapidographic pens, points, cleaner, ink, etc.

Don

[Paul Wescott]

The big auction site.  Sometimes you can find boxes of tech pens and related gear quite inexpensively.

[Ron Vargo]

Thx guys I’ll follow up

[Dan McEntee]

Do a search here on ink lines and some other key words and you will find tons of info on other types of pens that work well for panel lines and various markings, all off the shelf at the office supply store.
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[Paul Taylor]

As Dan said you don’t have to buy expensive ink pens. I did this plane using pens from Office Depot.
Granted they are disposable but it gets the job done. Same results.



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[Avaiojet]

If you want the easy way out, maybe "front row" down the line,

Check this out.

https://stunthanger.com/smf/paint-and-finishing/secret-exposed!-pen-lines-photos-added!!/

[John Carrodus]

Beautiful work Mr Avaiojet.  Makes my efforts look weak in comparison! I use permanent markers. I also use a flexi ruler ( very soft plastic) to follow curves over wings etc. I have found a clear plastic small/medium 45 , or 30 degree set square great for really tight spots. I usually just make up the panel lines, sometimes I'll try to copy the real thing. Although rub proof when dry, not 100% fuel/oil proof - so I give several coats of nail varnish overlines. OR spray the entire plane with 2-3 coats automotive clearcoat lacquer. This is reasonably resilient on the model. (It will slightly dull if raw fuel gets on it for more than a few seconds, which if careful shouldn't really happen anyway - yeah right! ) Caution one or two very very light dusting coats over ink which has set overnight before spraying 2-3 coats of clear. Do this is warm conditions. Couple of piccies below - bit rough but effective. Amazing how the eye fills in the missing bits!

[John Carrodus]

And another eg plus the pens I use down under in NZ.

[JHildreth]

I tried several of the artist pens when I was searching for a pen to do the ink lines on my Focke Wulf.  The pen I finally chose is the Faber Castell, Pitt Artist Pen.  I contains black India ink and has a tip like the Sharpie fine line.  These pens can be purchased in artist shops or in any Hobby Lobby or Michaels.  They are very reasonable in price.  I found the 0.3 mm pen to be the best size for drawing the lines and the 0.1 mm pen good for doing repairs to lines.  After laying down an area of lines, I coated them with automotive blender to prevent damage while I worked with lines in other areas.

Joe