Black Magic Painting Masks

1/35 Mi-8/Mi-7 Hip Canopy & Wheel Hub Painting Masks

Product # CEBM35010 for $8.99

Product Article by Steve Bamford on June 7 2005

 

 

 

This new set of canopy painting masks from Black Magic is designed for the 1/35 Trumpeter Mi-8/Mi-7 Hip kit.  Black Magic has a variety of vinyl painting masks for canopies and wheels and other items.  If you have ever spent the time to do exacting masking, you know the time such a job can consume.  A masking set will permit you to quickly and accurately mask the model or model part in a very quick and accurate way.  Such masking sets will permit you to finish the model quicker and move onto the next model on your workbench. 

These are very thin black vinyl masks that will make masking the canopy glass a quick and easy affair.  Once you've applied the mask......spray the exposed canopy framing the colour of the inside cockpit framing.  Then apply the exterior colour of the framing.  This will then permit you to see the canopy frames from the inside as the interior colour.

This particular masking set has MANY individual masks to cover the cockpit windows and wheel hubs.  

The 2 pages of instructions are clear and include drawings to aid the installation as well as plenty of text giving helpful tips. 

A very nice masking set and sure to save you much effort and grief when building this big chopper.  If you want to save some time then I recommend this masking set for anyone planning on building the 1/35 Trumpeter Mi-8/Mi-7 Hip kit.

I would like to thank Cutting Edge Modelworks for providing me with this review sample.

Steve

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford