Die-cut films for the cockpit cover of the Soviet fighter with the cut-down spine, 1:48 scale. They match the castings by Accurate Miniatures and deal with the reverse of the glass as well.
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In 1942 the Soviet design offices found out the same thing as the British and the Americans: the fastest way to improve a pilot's chances is not to add horses under the cowling but to let him see behind him. The fuselage behind the seat therefore came down and a rounded clear cover went over his head. At the same time two fast-firing machine guns of tiny caliber disappeared and were replaced by a single heavier weapon that could finally do something against all-metal machines.
The fighter stayed of mixed construction, with steel tubing at the front and wood at the rear. That made it cheap and repairable in field conditions, where aluminum sections and trained sheet metal workers were both lacking. The advantage showed in the winters, when machines were repaired under a tarpaulin in the snow. From 1943 French volunteers flew the type as well, having chosen it themselves after test flights on several types available to them.
The cover consists of two parts: a low windscreen and a smooth sliding dome with a single narrow frame at the front. Tape bunches up on a doubly curved surface and creates folds under which paint bleeds. A die-cut part is shaped in advance and seats on the arc without wrinkles.
The film came about by tracing the clear components from the Accurate Miniatures mold. Transferring it to a casting of another origin does not pay off, because even the height of the dome differs.
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