The cross on the left was sprayed through the stencil and the white surround painted in by brush, the one on the right was drawn in pencil on a white background and then the black painted in by brush.
The spraying works pretty well, better than I expected. I think I would be best served by making a dedicated stencil for each aircraft so that it can be located accurately and more or less automatically in the right place. Trying to locate the stencil shown here is a bit tricky, partly because of its shape, but also because it's opaque and covers up the wing beneath.
The stencils themselves would be better in an adhesive masking film, but that's a bit tricky in itself. Or, if 3d printed, being printed with a 0.2mm nozzle would help with sharper internal angles.
The pencilled stencil is okay too; the painting isn't difficult. However, the stencil would need to be adjusted to accommodate the thickness of the pencil lead — you can see how much thinner that cross looks that the one that was sprayed on.
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