Montex Mini Mask
1/48 SB2U Vindicator

If you've picked up one of Accurate Miniatures' 1/48 SB2U Vindicator kits, you know that it is a nice model straight out of the box. You may have even noticed that they've included window masks to help painting of the canopies. Nice touch - but not so fast. If you've built the Vindicator, you know that the masks aren't sized quite right for the various windows. Bad dog, no biscuit! Accurate Miniatures is a aware of the problem and is working to rectify the problem in future releases.

So what to do? Montex to the rescue. They've released this set of Mini-Masks for the kit. Their Mini-Mask line provides masks for the interior and exterior surfaces of each of the windows. The interior masks are compensated in size for those windows that are curved so that everything lines up properly when the masks are removed.

If you want to take the time to mask up your canopies with Scotch tape, Bare Metal Foil, or whatever your mask of choice is, by all means press on. But if you want to speed things along, here is a mask set provides the coverage for all of the kit windows AND gives you the option to paint the interiors of the clear parts as well as the exteriors.

Highly recommended!