The Depot Workshop - Episode 5, Masking with a Silhouette

Sam uses a Cameo Silhouette machine to make masking tape paint masking for a GP30.

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Have you ever wanted an accurate method to make masking for your model locomotives and/or structures? Sam D. Teague shows you how to make masking to cover the windows and short hood to paint his Proto 2000 GP30 using a Silhouette Cameo design/cutting machine.

The Silhouette Cameo machine is normally used by crafters to make all sorts of craft decorations and custom fabricated designs for craft and fun. Sam wondered if it would be useful for model railroading. His first idea was to use the machine to make Location signs for his Santa Fe's Raton Subdivision Model Railroad. Sam successfully used the Cameo to create his Location signs in a previous video. Here is a link to the Location Sign video if you haven't seen it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAB2PiCxpxs&t=742s

In this video Sam uses the Cameo to make an HO scale sign for a industry on his layout. In the Raton, NM area of his layout, he had a large structure that didn't have a name. Sam decided to give the large brick building a name from Raton's history. He found out that there was a hardware business in Raton in 1913 called "Robbs Hardware", and Sam decided to use the name on his building.

In another previous video Sam made 3-D signs that would be attached to a steel frame and be displayed across the front of structure.

Video Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Project Overview
01:06 - Measuring
01:52 - Drawing the Masks in Silhouette Studio
25:11 - Cutting the Masks
35:02 - Applying the Masking to the Model

Downloads:
1. CAD of Window Mask Drawing - PDF
2. CAD of Short Hood Mask Drawing - PDF

Recommended Links for this video.
https://www.silhouette-success.com/
https://www.artglitter.com/collections/designer-dries-clear-adhesive
https://www.standiy.com/