Black Magic Painting Masks

1/72 Space Shuttle Painting Masks

Product # CEBM72165 for $13.99

Product Article by Steve Bamford on May 4 2004

 

 

 

This new set of painting masks from Black Magic includes painting masks for versions of the space shuttle.  This masking set is designed for the big 1/72 Revell kit, but it can also be used on the 1/72 Monogram space shuttle kit.  Black Magic has a variety of 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 for the white areas inside the areas of the shuttle that are black.  The plan here is to paint your shuttle in overall white, then apply the masks to the exacting white areas inside of the black areas.  You then do overall general masking to the very large white areas.  Finally you paint the black areas, remove the masking and your done. 

This particular masking set has 83 individual masks.  You won't be using all of them because the set covers all variations of the Space Shuttle, but you will be using most of them.

Masks are included to cover the following areas.  Cockpit windows, tail flying surfaces, leading edges, areas of the nose, parts of the booster rockets and the shuttle wheels (if you decide to have your shuttle with the landing gear deployed).  

The 4 pages of instructions are clear and include drawings to add 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 space shuttle. Highly recommended for anyone with a big 1/72 Monogram space Shuttle on their work bench.

Steve

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

Meteor Productions also has other items for the 1/72 Space Shuttle.

  • CED72012  Space Shuttle Markings for ALL Shuttles & Missions!
  • CED72083   Space Shuttle Orbiter Tiles Decals for the 1/72 Revell kit.
  • CELO72001  Space Shuttle Orbiter Superdetailed Engine Nozzles for 1/72 Revell or Monogram
  • CELO72002  Space Shuttle Columbia Fin Tip Camera Pod for Revell 1/72 Orbiter

Click on images below to see larger images of the instruction sheets

 

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford