Painting mask (exterior) Mig-23ML, MLA, MLAE, MLD, P

Michael Kohl
Nice idea but diappointing for various reasons.
First, I usually paint the main camouflage and add details later. I assume that most modellers proceed in a similar way. But that's not how these masks work. Here it is required that the details the masks cover are painted first and then be covered for the main job. I tried to use the surroundings of the respective masks but they are so crammed on the sheet that this was pretty challenging.
Second issue I have with this set is that the cuts are not precice and the masks do not separate without resistance from the sheet. Tears and frays are the result. Due to the tiny nature of the masks some are quite difficult to trim afterwards.
My suggestions to Clearprop:
- assure clean cuts in the future
- redesign the set so that the outer borders can be used as masks. I am sure this will serve the majority of modellers better than the current design.