Model Airplane Spinners
How do you paint a spiral on a model airplane spinner?
I’m trying to paint a black spiral on the spinner of a 1:32 scale FW-190 by wrapping tape around the spinner and painting over, but some parts of the tape keep coming off the spinner. I don’t know if I’m using the wrong tape, or I’m cutting the tape at an incorrect shape (I cutting a wedge shape). The spinner is 1 inch in height from the base to the tip and 1/2 inch in diameter at the base.
I’ve done the Spiral two different ways:
On a 1:48 FW-190 I mounted the spinner on a rod, mounted the rod in my Dremel tool, and with the spinner turning SLOWLY, I painted the spiral with a striping brush.
On a 1:32 scale FW-190, I covered the entire spinner with 3M blue-painters tape. I covered it in pieces, burnished the tape tight to the spinner, and then CUT the spiral out of the tape. I added a THIN strip of tape to taper the spiral, and then airbrushed it.
GOOD LUCK.
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