Panel line prep tool

[Andy123]

I’m new to panel line enhancement and going to give it a go on my next model. Any recommendations on what to buy to use as a scribe to depen them please?

[Mike]

Hey Andy - when you say rescribe and deepen, what are you starting with?  Are they lines that are a bit shallow, or have been damaged by seam sanding?  There are tons of scribers out there, and I use more than one.  I've got a UMM scriber, a BMF Scriber, a Hasegawa scriber, and a number of other things that I use, one of them being a razor saw blade.  The important part is guiding your scriber and making a number of light passes rather than one deep one that could go astray.  Most people use Dymo label tape, which was originally used for making labels where the latter pushes through and embosses the tape, turning the raised areas white.  Remember those?  The tape is sticky, and thick, so ideal to stick along where you want the line, and run your scriber down.  Others use flexible metal rulers, or even thick tape.  I'm not so sure of the last one, but you could always try it on a scrap part?