Humbrol - How To Use - Maskol 

amazing. Things changed a lot since my last modeling. I'm stunned.

Great chipping and rust effect there! Even more so, with the paint layer looking like it has bubbled up as well as flaked off around the rust. :)

Rust effects are 1st class

Nice video. Question: Eventho it is mentioned in the video that maskol could be applied over dry and fully cured Humbrol acryrilcs, what was the Tiger painted with, enamels? Regards.

Now THAT is freaking clever.

wery wery nice effect looks wery real :P

anyone knows how to dissolve a Maskol has been drying in the container to be not closed? Lose their properties? thx

The chipping effect? Totally!!! Very smart and awesome effect so easy achieved with maskol, very good alternative, if not the best?

I am a model builder for over 20 years, and with Your channel I can learn many new ways to improve my skills. I didn't realised that with Maskol I can make a "rusty signs". Gotta test it on my new tanks ;) Thank You, Humbrol, for this channel! Cheers, Andrew

To clarify. If a canopy has been treated with Humbrol clear gloss to create a glass effect, does this mean Maskol cannot be used to mask it when painting the canopy frame?

An informative video. I am just getting back into model making after a number a decades doing other things. One thing I have learnt and rad about is prepping the surface before painting. This includes decreasing the surface as fingers leave a grease marks. I notice that the body of the tank, while still being a paint work in progress, was being held by bare hands rather than gloved hands. Does finger grease not materially affect the importance of humbrol products?

Using maskol for replicating chipping effect looks like a good alternative to the salt and hairspray method I've seen demonstrated elsewhere.

For fine flowing shapes the result doesn’t look very smooth based on the demo. (eg current NATO schemepattern) it looks very sloppy. I‘ll stick to putty😹

After recently trashing a kit painted with Tamiya using Decalfix without knowing it would react with it... I'm not ready to do it all over again with the Maskol bottle I bought at the same time without being 100% sure it's safe to use on Tamiya paint... so, if anyone knows...

How to use Maskol: From my own experience. 1. Leave it on the shelf in the model shop. Appalling product.

how long do you let the airbrush colour dry before you apply the liquid mask? Just to prevent the original colour (acrylics) from coming with it afterwards

Hi I got a question I'm building a SD Gundam and I want to use this kind of masking liquid the colors that I use is Mr color metallic can I use this Mexican liquid over the painting parts or I need to do something else

for windows grait stuff and for camoflage :) 5:00 wow i beliv you cann ot get bether results for chiping, for ships a must have :)

I have used maskol, but don't understand when you use it, it seems so easy. When I use it, no sooner do I get the maskol on a brush, it quickly solidifies. How do you get it to be so easy to use

My maskol is so so thick!! I can't use like in the vid

That stuff looks amazing! Those rust effects are pretty awesome.

Hi, I am a newbie to airbrushing and using masking solution and need your expert suggestion on how to properly remove the masking solution without scratching the underlying base paint I applied. I am working on a Tamiya Leopard A4 and the two-color camouflage scheme requires that I first airbrush a layer of red brown, applied masking solution to outline the camouflage pattern, then airbrush the olive drab over the red brown and the masking solution. But maybe I applied too thin a layer of masking solution or too thick a layer of the olive drab paint, when I tried to remove the masking solution using a small tweezers, I always scratched the underlying red brown paint. And since I applied a thin layer of masking solution (I used the Mr. Hobby Masking Sol R), it’s become difficulty to discern the contour of the masking solution under the 2 layer of the olive drab paint! Do you have any suggestion? As a last resort, I might just spray over the scratched surface and use the one-color camouflage scheme. Thanks for any suggestions!

Is it work with insulation foam? I mean it gonna bite foam?

poor thick quality and very difficult to apply

One of the best chipping effect ever seen! And so easy to do this way! No hair spray, no salt, easy. My humbrol maskol is not so creamy. It is more thick. What can I use as thinner to make it more easy to use with a brush?

I have a question - you sprayed grey acrylic over the rust colour and maskol in the last demonstration on this video and then used enamel thinners to bleed the rust. I use enamel paints to spray, so would using the enamel thinners still be safe to use to bleed the rust? or would this take off my grey enamel painted finish? cheers. Dave

I never succeeded to apply Maskol: the maskol always dry fast, the brush is quickly rubbered. I wet and wet and wet the brush, and wet again, and wet as possible to be wet and the maskol always dry on the brush before I had time to apply more than 10 seconds... It drives me crazy, I already killed 5 brush to try to apply maskol. That's the mystery trick to succeed !!??

Never thought of it as a chipping tool

So impressive! I have just ordered some! What an inspirational video. Thanks. Dave

can this be used on Tamiya Acrylics?

Hello this is a new guy online with a question how do I repair a broken canopy and restore it to like new condition ...for applying it to my model Aircraft...signed Emmett U.S.M.C...11,12,2017..

So it contains ammonia....that's why i stinks ;) But still, awesome product!

My maskol is thick and gets stuck in my paintbrushes, in this video your maskol was quite thin looking watered down. Have you done any thing to the maskol before applying? Also what is the best way to apply humbrol model filler. Please reply, thanks. :)

Nice video! But I have question: what is the better way to treat an ugly shaggy border, like on Tiger camo, after removing maskol?

The result shows it rly drastical: this method is extremly grap. there are no rly sharp edges, the paint is partly removed also and on the front of the turret you see its not even completely removed. looks more like a explodes first paint instead of a sharp edged camouflage. if i need to paint with pencil, i do it instead of make this shit.

It's a shame about the lid on the Maskol, mine cracked after the first time I opened it and then it all cured. Complete waste of my money. Won't be buying it again.

Welcome back. :)

Great product, just bought 3 bottles today as on offer, Humbrol hits the bullseye again with this. NoviceJohn modeller

“Scarer” 😆

For camouflages i preffer a Play Doh. Its not sharp shape like maskol after all

Great video...thanks for sharing this excellent demonstration...

Hello. How to clean the brush ? With "white spirit" ? Acétone ?

If I dip my canopy in clear, does that mean I cannot use maskol to mask the canopy?

Do I need to add water or any kind off thinner to or just apply straight from the bottle

could you use it over loco windows and stickers instead of masking up with normal tape to weather a loco that would save a lot of fiddly masking with tape?

My clear arrived in the mail moments ago i was planing to apply clear to the canopy then mask it with Maskol the video mentions this is not a good idea, what would happen? Can i apply clear as a final step after removing the maskol? Thank you

i just ordered two bottles. Looking forward to less fiddling with masking tape!

Can you tell me if this product suitable for papercraft?

I plan to get some of this and the Vallejo mask just in case this doesn't like Vallejo paint. I think this would take away some of the intimidation of doing hard edged camo and multi patter camo.

Can this be used underneath a layer of Polyurethane primer ? So that I can remove it after panting to reveal the plastic to enable the use of cement.

Wow! Pretty advanced but one for future reference and study!

Is that last airbrush a Harder & Steenbeck Infinity?

I love this product! Mostly because when you peal it off ... mmmhhhhhmmmmmmmm

Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me what camera you use to make these videos

excellent video v- polished, mixed with good info well presented and it holds one's interest. Thanks

Excellent product Humbrol such an inspiration to modelling.

Good work! But you forgot to tell that it smells awful! 😆

I've not used this before, but looks very good - will have to give it a try!

thanks a really helpful video.

amazing stuff XD

great product will try this on canopies

Great project, makes like so easy by the looks of things! Great! Cheers, Jack

I used maskol this mor inf but when I peeked it off later, some of the edges of the paint kind of stretched off with it. So I didn't get clear crisp edges. The paint looked dry but I suspect it wasn't completely. How long would you leave the painted model before peeling off maskol

wow cool stuff, but boy that smell is horrible!

Bloody brilliant! This may make me a better modeler!!

If I knew sooner about this Maskol, my Spitfire canopy wouldn't be messed up :( Now I am forced to order a new canopy :*(

Can't wait to get some know to use on my shipping contains for deadzone

I've just bought some today to weather a beetle I'm doing

Amazing 😊

What number is the dark yellow

My bottle of Maskol is solid rubber. I tried using water to reactivate/thin the product to no avail. Any suggestions?

Hi, when I peel the Maskol some of the paint comes up and stands out of the vehicle. Could you please tell me what should I do to flatten the paint back? E.g. at 2:42.

Hi guys! It's unsafe to use Maskol if the model have already a coat of gloss varnish or reacts bad only with Humbrol gloss varnish? Thanks in advance :)

How do you get soft paint lines like on aircraft if masking with a liquid mask?

How long can you leave it on for?

Can you use this on a clear treated canopy

What's scaling pad?

Rusty Saturn 5 rocket?

Great stuff will give it a go

ive got expensive brushes! will this hombrol thing ruin my brushes??!

What air brush do you use

That is a nice chipping effect

This product looks awesome

To anyone buying this product, it dries QUICKLY you need to clean your brush instantly after you’ve applied it

Very nicely done !

this product great .

I was wondering if there is a kind of substitute you could use instead of humbrol maskol?

That's great!

Ah but will it blend?

can i use ts spay ?

should read "safe"

if it has high ammonia content won't it strip off acrylic paints?

Brilliant

Last part: :-O

Is it hard to miss a patch of Maskol for removal after a painting session?

Great idea.

πολυ καλο βιντεο.

I said all the imaginable curse words in French last time I used this product.

Wow! So many questions in this Comment thread that are answered in the video. The idea is that you watch the whole video, not just read the video title.

How do I wash dry maskol of a brush?