1:700 HMS Lively 1941 Deck Paint Masks FlyHawk FH1121

Flyhawk 1:700 deck masks, HMS Lively 1941

An accessory for modelers of ships in 1:700 scale from the brand Flyhawk. The package contains pre-cut masks for the deck areas, with which you can spray the wooden decks sharply bounded against the steel parts without having to mask laboriously with tape. The set is cut for the same maker's kit of the British destroyer HMS Lively as she stood in 1941, which has to be bought separately. On a destroyer at this scale these are areas only a few centimeters long, where masking by hand can hardly be done straight.

The real subject

HMS Lively was an L-class destroyer, a type taken into service just before the war and intended for escorting task forces as well as for independent torpedo attacks. The ship operated in the Mediterranean, took part in night actions against Italian convoys and was sunk in May 1942 by German bombers off the Egyptian coast. On models of destroyers it is precisely the division between the wooden deck and the steel that is the most demanding step in painting.

Use

• clean and degrease the surface of the model; a mask will not hold on a greasy area
• transfer the masks with tweezers and press the edges down carefully
• spray in thin coats at right angles to the edge of the mask
• take the mask off while the paint is only dry to the touch
• correct any small leaks with a fine brush before clear-coating

The set is intended for modelers who are building a ship model with an emphasis on clean painting. The kit and the paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.