Definitely not.
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My first foray into scribing was ages ago on a Monogram kit - the Mi-24 1/48 Hind. I had been conditioned to think think lines had to be deep and heavy, so mine were too. Still, I convinced myself that it still looked better than the raised panel lines.
I also used the flash hiders from the Sgt. York and some thin rod to make an Mi-24P out of it, but that’s a story for another day.
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Yeah. My effort looks like I used the trenching claw on a backhoe. Even so, I learned a lot. I am going to order the tape Mike suggested and a much more narrow scribe tool from Amazon. I can fill and try again.
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FWIW: The ‘Tamiya Plastic Scriber II (74091)’ has been my general go-to.
‘Plastic Scriber II (74091)’
More options to consider (3 different profiles)
‘MRP Mr Scriber’
Yup, too many expensive tools, but you know what they say… “The right tool for the right job.” That’s why I always keep my trusty ‘Metric Adjustable Wrench’ handy.
—mike 
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And if you cannot find the Tamiya scriber you can go for the olfa one which is the original manufacturer
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The Mr Scriber are nice as they make quite thin lines. I dropped mine and snapped it though so I now use the tamiya one mostly because I could find it in stock at the time
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I have several lying about, standing upright in cans, lost in kit boxes…
I usually use no.11 X-Acto blades. A very small portion of the tip (just a small portion of the the tip!) always seems to break off early on. Probably right when I decide to use one as a makeshift drill. The older blades are perfect for scribing if you turn them around. That’s what I’m using to make my parts from brass shim when they need crisp folds.
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If you get a double ended one you can have one end as metric and the other imperial
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yeah i have the trumpeter one as well
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Tamiya tape and a razor saw blade for me. Just go slowly in multiple passes…doesn’t have to happen all at once.
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I’ve got some 3M vinyl tape I’ve been using to mask actual aircraft. I think I’ll give it a try and see how it works.
An advantage to the backward no. 11 blade - it won’t cut into the vinyl.
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I’ve got a roll of that Tamiya vinyl tape, wonder if that might be thick enough to aid scribing? I’ve got the engine panels to do on that little O-1 and the Dymo tape is just too stiff to conform.
Speaking of the O-1, I did the wings over the weekend. Just held a 6inch steel ruler firmly and made single pass with the Tamiya scriber. All straight lines so very easy to do. Cleaned up with a rub down with fine wet and dry, brushed out the dust and ran a little Gunze ultra thin cement into the lines.
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We’re still trying to trailer that one down. Still have to cut and modify the trailer. Of course by then your build will probably be finished.
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I’m not really doing much more than absolutely necessary with this kit anyway. Just tidy up bits and make the best of it. The transparencies are far too thick to make super detailing the cockpit worthwhile. Just distort everything. I really want to get Rodens 1/32 at some point and put the effort into that. The real challenge will be in removing the ejector pin marks on the elevators while not removing the rib detail.
Cheers anyway.
We have one flying in the UK in South Vietnamese colours. It’s flown displays at Cosford airshow the last couple of years.
Is the plan to get it flying or just static?
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Just static. It sustained too much damage when it crashed. Once we modify the trailer it’ll stay bolted to it.
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Another one saved!
Wish you all the best with it.
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