ALUMINIUM TAPE 10 mm x 10 m (0.39 in x 32.8 ft)

What it is

A roll of thin aluminum tape with an adhesive layer, 10 mm wide and 10 m long. The metal is pliable enough to be shaped with your fingers or a blunt tip and takes the shape of the surface, but once pressed down it keeps that shape. Against paint it has one advantage that no finish will ever match: the surface is real metal, so it shines and reflects light like metal, not like a sprayed area.

What it is suited to

You cut the tape into strips as narrow as you like and use it wherever there is to be a thin metal band or a shiny area on a model. It serves to suggest metal strips and plates, to cover seams, to strengthen joints and as a base for further treatment. It also finds a use outside the build itself, for example when holding small parts down on a work surface.

How to work with it

Cut it with a sharp blade along a ruler on a hard surface, as scissors easily wave the edge. Clean and degrease the base before sticking it down, as the tape holds substantially worse on a greasy surface. Lay the tape on, press it down from the center toward the edges and push the air out with a blunt tip or a wooden stick. Paint does not hold on a metal surface without a base coat, so count on a primer layer when painting.

• aluminum tape with an adhesive layer
• width 10 mm, roll length 10 m
• it can be cut into narrower strips
• cut it with a sharp blade along a ruler
• onto a degreased base, with a primer before painting

Terms of supply

Paints, glue and tools are not part of the delivery, unless stated otherwise.