Help on panel lines

Can someone give me a step-by-step guide to doing perfect panel line? i really need HELP..thnks..

1) Read FAQ

2) Thin a paint, and let it flow along the goove.

3) Buy a Micron Pigma or a very fine drawing pen, and draw the lines along the groove.

get yourself a gundam marker from gundam store and more.com. I think that they cost about $3.00 per marker and they are fantastic. Just get the very fine black marker, and you'll be good to go.

HOPE THIS HELPS!!!!

http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutorials/tutorial.asp?TutorialID=7&CurPage=1

http://www.tamiya.com/english/howto/car1/tip3.htm

I tried the "let it flow along the groove" method...totally destroyed my work..the paint did not flow along the grooves....and i believed it's been thinned enough. and the i cant clean up the blot of paint after doing the groove thing!!!!!=x

I tried the "let it flow along the groove" method...totally destroyed my work..the paint did not flow along the grooves....and i believed it's been thinned enough. and the i cant clean up the blot of paint after doing the groove thing!!!!!=x

That's probably because...

1) goove was not sharp. -> rescribe the panel line with the sharp side of the hobby knife. This gives the line extremely narrow, crisp and sharp.

2) paint wasn't thin enough -> paint and thinner ratio is something like 1 to 10 or even thinner.

3) types of paint for the body and panel line should be different. -> enamel and waterbase paint won't affect the lacquer paint, such as Tamiya TS spray or automotive body paint. It's a common practice to use those for the body, and use enamel for the panel line, so that enamel thinner won't affect the paint used for the body.

perhaps that explains the problem...thnks for the help bro!