Masking film for the cockpit cover of the first production jet fighter of the United States, 1:32 scale. The cut is derived from the kit of the Czech Model brand and allows for the face and the back of the canopy.
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The Lockheed P-80 came out of a design whose team was given one hundred and eighty days and handed over the finished prototype in one hundred and forty-three. Four preproduction machines reached Europe before the end of the war, but did not take part in the fighting. The type underwent its real test five years later in Korea, by then under the designation F-80, where it became the first jet aircraft to shoot down another jet aircraft in combat. Its smooth all-metal nose and bubble canopy belong among the cleanest shapes of the end of the 1940s. The powerplant was a jet engine derived from a British license, which at the time was nothing unusual.
The best moment for lifting it off is neither at once nor in a week. Acrylic paint tends to be dry to the touch after an hour but is not yet brittle; it is precisely then that the edge gives way and tears off cleanly. If the mask is left on the part for several days, the finish hardens and breaks while being peeled, so a ragged step stays on the edge of the frame. Lead the film smoothly and never pull it square away from the surface. A pointed wooden stick helps, with which a corner is only lifted; a steel point easily leaves a scratch on a thin clear part that later shows through from under the finish.
A kit of the aircraft is a separate product and is not contained in this envelope.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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