GreenStrawberry Snowspeeder & Millennium Falcon Masks (for Bandai 1:48 & Revell/FineMolds 1:144)

[Mike]

Snowspeeder & Millennium Falcon Masks (for Bandai & Revell/FineMolds)

1:48 & 1:144 GreenStrawberry

 

 

The superb Star Wars Bandai kits are click together and don't need painting, but for extra realism and to achieve that beaten up Rebel/Resistance look, it's almost mandatory if you're going for accuracy.   The Revell/Finemolds kits are designed for painting, however. The Falcon and the Snowspeeder are pretty liberal with their number of panes of glazing (I hesitate to use the term "glass", as it's Sci-Fi), with parallels able to be drawn between the Bf.109 and He.111 respectively for their canopy styles.  Masks aren't provided in the kit, and with the number of panes to mask it can be a bit of a chore, especially if masking isn't your favourite modelling task.  Those nice folks have GreenStrawberry have got you covered!

 

 

Each set arrives in their familiar re-sealable packaging, with a printed black(ish) backing card, instructions folded up within the card, and the masks at the front on view through the transparent packet.  The masks are a soft green matt vinyl-like material, and all the panes are pre-cut for your convenience, with a diagram in the instructions showing the associated number for each one.

 

Rebel Snowspeeder (AM014-1/48)

This is the larger of the sets, including glazing masks for the big canopy, but also supplying masks for the squadron markings, which adorn the nose, engine pods, and are repeated on the underside of the ship.  This will mean spraying the squadron colours first, but it makes for a huge convenience to the modeller.

 

 

 

 

Millennium Falcon (AM015-1/144)

Patterned for the Revell/FineMolds kits, the former of which were released some years back and have more recebtly been reissued by Revell, this set provides a complete set of glazing masks for the iconic Flying Hamburger, including both the cockpit canopy and both of the cannon windows from which Luke and Han battle the TIE Fighters in the 1977 original that sparked a revolution in Sci-Fi.

 

 

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