Masking Clear Parts Made Easy!

Masking clear parts seems to be one of those tasks that scale modelers are either totally comfortable with, or they try to avoid it as if it were angry hornets.

Because I'd spent so many years working on aircraft, I had to get comfortable with it. It's hard to build airplanes and NOT mask canopies!

In that time, I experimented with quite a few methods. Some I liked, some not so much. Eventually I settled on a core set of methods that work in just about any situation. This video takes a look at those, and some other factors that you may find helpful to consider.

0:00 Goofy Intro
0:15 What's this video about?
3:46 Warning! ;)
4:15 Sticky masking methods
4:29 Masking tape
7:01 Parafilm and Bare Metal Foil
10:21 Always, always, always...
11:13 Commercial masks
13:14 Masking fluid
14:28 Just paint it! (With acrylic paint...)
15:18 Decals/tape strips
16:25 Removing canopy masks after painting
17:47 Cleaning after masking removal
18:24 The key to successful masking
19:21 Common problems
22:02 So what do you recommend?
23:22 A final point
24:46 Wrapping up
27:25 🐰🥚
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