Re-paint 76mm armd hesh scorpion stencils

[BOUGAINVILLE]

I cant do the stencils printed them off and tried cutting around them with my hobby knife its not happening , tried all different ways of cutting ,i have a very fine and very sharp knife but just cant get the lettering done ? Stumped.
paint job and thats it .
This is frustrating as hell lol. the wife is laughing (comment) of all the things you've done and built you cant do a bit of lettering , i can see the funny side .

cheers frustrated Kenny

I arrange what I want as a stencil on the computer including Kanji Characters and then print out. After which I use a Stanley Knife with a fresh sharp blade. I have no troubles in cutting the stencils. The tricky part comes if you have to stencil on a curved taper, where to keep a straight line one has to stencil letter by letter while blanking out the other ones. I then have a hole cut in a sheet of news paper to place as a shield over the stencil to collect any over drift. I start spraying with a can on the sheet of newspaper until I get the right pressure which is just a whisk then quickly sweep over the stencil. I find that gives me the best results.

Afterwards I then clean up around the lettering with a corner of a rag with terps if I have to. I also found that if I gave a light smear with PVC glue to the stencil it helps to hold it tight against the projectile so as not to get any under drift. The glue then peals off afterwards when dry.

When the lettering is partly dry I then sometimes give a mild rub with mentholated spirits to give an aged look.

[Hard-target]

Hi, any one know the nearest paint codes for the black and yellow please ? im about to start mine regards Dave

[ken68]

Hi i did,nt know the codes when i painted the hesh projectile , but i used plasicoat paint matt black let it cure and gave it a polish , also used same make of paint for the yellow , just tried to match the pictures of excisting hesh . To paint the nose cone i wrapped a4 paper round the body of projectile and masked you get a perfect straight line. Someone might have the 100% paint match ?
Dave my HESH one is not quite the way i want it re stencil job , heres a picture anyway

Cheers ken