Panel lines with marker

[chops1sc]

Has anyone ever tried using a paint marker or even a sharpie to pre-shade panel lines on their aircraft? I was just gearing myself up for my up-coming F-14 build and I thought about this and how it would look vs. airbrushing.

[Twokidsnosleep]

It would work, haven't done it myself, but it would work.
Paint marker would be preferable IMHO just so comparable with your top layers of paint.

I have done aircraft in full black primer and the shadows are cool, others mottle the black with grey or white for even more variations under the paint

[DougvH]

I haven't done it myself, but recently read an article about Sharpie's bleeding though the final paint job. A quick google search just now shows a bunch of photos of the bleed through. I would definitely lean to the paint markers, although the object is to not have sharp defined pre-shading. Just my .02 cents