Your favorite way of making panel lines?

Shortly going to start building a app 1/2 scale of the earth alliance ship from fifth element around 4 foot in length. Gathering the last info and greeblies soon to start. Just wanted to see what people use tool wise or not to make panel lines to scribe.

At ILM, there were three panel-scribing methods used. The simplest involved clipping off the very tip of an exacto blade and dragging it upside down. Others used a modified dental pick, while I used this tool.

--Don Bies

Large areas, that dont run into adjacent objects (youll see what i mean if you use one Takevin) i use a Tamiya/Olfa cutter/scribe tool, its kinda like a hooked blade, that instead of "scratching" a line into the media, it removes a fine line of it, very neat too.
There are so many tools for this job, Hasegawa Tritool do a killer line...but you may find buying a few various options, for various areas and shapes?

lee

artoo77 said:

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At ILM, there were three panel-scribing methods used. The simplest involved clipping off the very tip of an exacto blade and dragging it upside down.

That's what I've done, when I haven't cheated and just drawn them on with a pencil!

Don and PHA have covered all of mine...! I tend to use vinyl tape or other bits of styrene (some cut to shape, very thin stuff) as guides.

Depends a bit on scale, which method I'll use.

I watched a how-to which uses a surface gauge to mark horizontal lines in renshape. The pattern is fixed to a work surface, and the surface gauge is drawn from side to side.

I am sure one could be fashioned large enough for a SS deathstar..

Freeman Supply

-DM

Thanks everyone for the tips, i ordered the olfa cutter, but ill try the ILM way too.