Masking film for the glazing and national insignia of the Grumman Hellcat carrier fighter in its first production form. Two canopy masks and four for the insignia.
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The first production form of the Grumman carrier fighter reached the combat squadrons during 1943 and replaced the older Wildcat on the decks of the new carriers. Its debut over the Marcus Islands showed where its strength lay: against the Japanese fighters it won by rate of climb, by armor and by eight machine guns, not by agility. Aircraft from that period still have the rear fuselage decking glazed with dense framing.
The finish of that season came in three parts. Dark sea blue covered the upper decking, the sides faded into an intermediate blue and the undersides stayed white, with the boundaries sprayed as soft blends. The national insignia meanwhile changed twice in a single year: bars were added to the star in a circle, edged in red until September and in blue from the autumn. The four insignia masks in the box match the number of positions the aircraft carried on the wings and on the fuselage.
The film is laid onto degreased, dry glazing and pressed down from the center toward the edges. The paint goes on in thin coats so that it does not run under the edge, and the mask is lifted with pointed tweezers once it has dried. A sprayed insignia has no glossy edge of carrier film, so the result looks more convincing than a decal.
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