Masking set for the late Spitfire in a large scale. It masks the cockpit glazing from the outside and the inside and adds a pair of national insignia stencils and supplementary decals.
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The Spitfire Mk XVI differs from the otherwise almost identical Mk IX in its powerplant: it carries the Merlin 266, that is a two-stage Merlin 66 built under license at Packard in Detroit. The machines served mainly with squadrons of the Second Tactical Air Force over north-west Europe in the last year of the war, usually with clipped wingtips and, in the later batches, with a cut-down fuselage decking.
The teardrop glazing is a single large molding with a narrow frame by the windscreen. Anyone who can handle thin tape will manage it by hand in under half an hour. The benefit of cut stencils therefore lies mainly in accuracy: the outline of the frame comes out the same width along its whole length and the left side matches the right, which on a curved surface is hard to hold freehand. On the variants with the raised decking the ratio is reversed and the time saved is noticeable.
The box covers the clear part from both faces. Lay the inner pieces on before you seat the canopy on the fuselage and spray the framing in the interior shade; the outer ones follow only once the finish has matured. The pair of roundel stencils lets the insignia be sprayed, so no glossy outline of carrier film is left on the decking.
A fresh blade, a wooden toothpick for pressing the edges down and thoroughly degreased glazing. Apply the paint in several light coats, otherwise a ridge forms under the edge of the stencil that stays visible against the light once it is lifted.
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