I want to learn how to paint graphics on my model using vinyl low impact adhesive stencils.
Can anyone with this experience explain the process?  Also any links to companies that I can order custom stencils from is appreciated.  I might be off track here so any other suggestions to get good graphics are welcome. My plan is also to get a thin black line bordering my letters and numbers.    Thanks,  Phil

Charles,
Are they a vinyl mask that you stick down and spray through? I have a few things I always make the same decal for on every plane I build, and a re-useable mask would be great to have. Can they be cleaned(if necessary) and reused several times?

Thanks for the extra lettering decals you sent me last year, they sure came in handy after repairing my wreck.
Rusty

Charles,
Are they a vinyl mask that you stick down and spray through? I have a few things I always make the same decal for on every plane I build, and a re-useable mask would be great to have. Can they be cleaned(if necessary) and reused several times?

Thanks for the extra lettering decals you sent me last year, they sure came in handy after repairing my wreck.
Rusty

Rusty,

"Stencils," a word that should be researched so the true definition can be understood. This is what can be cleaned and reused. Not suitable for detailing models but great for a wood shipping container. "THIS SIDE UP." 

Stencils are NOT what I provide for the painting of "masked" areas. A Stencil is an entirely different thing. I never use the word.

It's like "You wind it up and it rolls along the floor."

My guess is you should stay with the decal and protect it with a fuel proof clear. You can print on vinyl but again a clear vinyl layer is placed over the ink or you must use a fuel proof clear over the ink.

As I did with the international flags on the ARGO. No extra layer of clear vinyl, just the last fuel proof clear coat over the entire model.

I don't provide decals but have created art for that purpose. Producing art can get costly and sometimes white needs to be printed as opposed to using white decal paper.

I use a combination of applied vinyl graphics and paint masks on all my models. Easy and quick and they look really good. Well, I think they do. 

I send plenty of "Checks" out to modelers. It's important to have correct measurements when sizing them so they take on a good, well planed, look as they do on actual aircraft.

Like a tile guy that doesn't know what he's doing. 16" tiles except for the row against the wall, 1".

These kind of mistakes need to be avoided if you really want a great looking model.

Or floor.

Rusty, Rusty, Rusty,

Thanks for the reply.

CB

Thanks, CB... & Don.

Rusty,

PM me your address and I send out a sample of what paint masks are.

CB