Special Hobby Pre-Cut Canopy Masks for Various Kits 1:72 & 1:48

[Mike]

Pre-Cut Canopy Masks for Various Kits & Scales

1:72 & 1:48 Special Mask by Special Hobby

 

 

Many modellers are a little bit phobic about masking the canopies of our models to keep them crystal clear during the building and painting process, as they can be tricky if you’re inexperienced or a bit ham fisted.  Special Hobby have created their own Special Mask line to help with that, and we’ve got a bundle of them in the review queue in various scales.  Supplied on a sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks give you a full set of masks for the canopy, with compound curved handled by using frame hugging masks, while the highly curved gaps are in-filled with either liquid mask or offcuts from the background tape.  In addition, you usually get a set of hub/tyre masks for the wheels, allowing you to cut the demarcation perfectly with little effort.  They each arrive in a flat polythene packet with a card header behind and a sheet of instructions sandwiched between them, all held together by a single staple.

 

 

1:72 Bugatti 100 Racer (M72035 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for the tyres.

 

 

 

1:72 Gloster Meteor Mk.3/4 (M72034 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for the tyres.

 

 

 

1:72 Gloster Meteor Mk.8/9 (M72039 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for the tyres and clear nose parts.

 

 

 

1:72 Meteor T.7 (M72042 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for the tyres and alternate masks for two of the side canopy panes.

 

 

 

1:72 DH.100 Vampire Mk.I Early & Late (M72032 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for both types of canopy, tyres and wingtip lights.

 

 

 

1:48 Saab AJ/JA/SF-37 Viggen (M48009 for Special Hobby/Tarangus)

Includes masks for tyres and the additional sensor windows in the nose.

 

 

 

1:48 Saab SK-37 Viggen (M48013 for Special Hobby/Tarangus)

Includes masks for tyres and both canopies.

 

 

 

1:48 Siebel Si.204E/Aero C-3B Bomber (M48008 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for tyres and additional glazing.

 

 

 

1:48 L-39ZA/ZA Art Albatros (M48010 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for tyres and the blast-screen between cockpits.

 

 

 

1:48 L-4 Grasshopper Inside/Outside Masks (M48007 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for tyres, the clear roof and wing root sections on both sides of the glazing parts.

 

 

 

1:48 Breda 65A-80 (M48012 for Special Hobby)

Includes masks for tyres.

 

 

 

Conclusion

Pre-cut mask sets save a lot of precious modelling time and don’t cost a ton of money, so they’re always worth picking up, even if you’re not averse to masking.  Add in the new Inside/Outside masks to the mix, and they’re a great boost to realism in my estimation.

 

Highly recommended.

 

Review sample courtesy of