Masking Fluid.

[slupanter]

I have never seen a bofa or Ruling pen, how do you used them?

[Guest]

I have never seen a bofa or Ruling pen, how do you used them?

With your fingers Alexander :tears-of-joy: (PS love that you have not shortened your name)

[Guest]

When I went to work as a design draughtsman in 1989, the drawing office still had about 25 drawing boards, and about 15 CAD terminals. Old drawings, which were not on the CAD system were manually altered. There was still all the old tackle being used, beam compasses, electric erasers etc, and all the draughtsmen had their own fancy drawing sets. One or two used lining pens, but the majority used Rotring pens ( later Pentel ). I spent the first year redrawing selected manual paper drawings onto the CAD system, and as the older guys retired, - mostly early, as they ween't prepared to move to CAD, the drawing boards did as well. All the old gear was sold off ( I seem to remember the professional drawing boards going for £25 ). Within 10 years we went from paper drawings to full 3-D CAD operation - at that time we were doing things on 3-D that even IBM weren't teaching ( the other firm that were doing advanced 3D stuff was Black & Decker ). Sadly the technology advanced so quickly, we couldn't afford to keep up to date...............
Dave

Those were the days Dave.

Started with a pencil.

Architects office first day. Practice sharpening a pencil with knife. Had to be point sharp.

Second day drawing lines. The pencil had to be rotated as you drew the line.
Kept the point round & sharp. No digging into the tracing paper as if you made
a mistake the rubbed out line would still show on the deyline (spelling) print.

Also had to make tea three times a day for 6 people. But blimey had the devil of
the time of my life. All six of us had just fun in our hearts. So very funny. The
ridiculous & stupid antics we got up to. But we still designed buildings.

Laurie

[Guest]

Vallejo do a green masking fluid. I find it quite easy to place where needed

Thanks Alan. Did have some at one time. Problem I have found they all thicken up then I throw it away.

Laurie

[slupanter]

With your fingers Alexander :tears-of-joy: (PS love that you have not shortened your name)

I am pleased it is not one of those sellotape to the head pens.

Do you just dip the pen into the masking fluid?

Edit: Just found a load of Youtube guides ,
Don't dip the pen

[Tim Marlow]

Set the line width with the screw thread, then load the pen with ink or paint and keeping the thread horizontal to the object you are drawing on, draw a line just like any other pen.

[Dave Ward]

Those were the days Dave.

Started with a pencil.

Architects office first day. Practice sharpening a pencil with knife. Had to be point sharp.

Second day drawing lines. The pencil had to be rotated as you drew the line.
Kept the point round & sharp. No digging into the tracing paper as if you made
a mistake the rubbed out line would still show on the deyline (spelling) print.

Also had to make tea three times a day for 6 people. But blimey had the devil of
the time of my life. All six of us had just fun in our hearts. So very funny. The
ridiculous & stupid antics we got up to. But we still designed buildings.

Laurie

Laurie,
I was looked down on because of my lack of formal drawing board experience, but that soon passed. I was the first person to be employed in the design office who had not been a company apprentice, but with my engineering background, and just having completed a years' course on Computer Aided Design I found that was no handicap! I was passed around the various sections in the DO, because, having no baggage about previous methods, I could do things that the others hadn't cottoned on to!
Dave

[Guest]

I am pleased it is not one of those sellotape to the head pens.

Do you just dip the pen into the masking fluid?

Edit: Just found a load of Youtube guides :smiling3:,
Don't dip the pen

No use a syringe Andrew. If you buy the pan get one with a hinge to one of the pointers. Easy to clean.

I am pleased it is not one of those sellotape to the head pens. ???????

Laurie