Die-cut masks for the cockpit of the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI fighter in 1:48 scale. They cover the framing from the face and as seen from the cockpit and are made for the release by the brand Italeri.
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The sixteenth mark is unusual in that it differed from the Mk IX not in the airframe but in the origin of its powerplant. British production of Merlins could not keep up, so units built under license by the Packard car company in the United States were fitted into some of the aircraft. The accessories, the mountings and some operating procedures were different, and that is why the machine received a mark of its own, even though you cannot tell it from the Mk IX by sight.
Most examples were built in the form with clipped wing tips for better agility near the ground, with a cut-down fuselage spine and with a teardrop canopy. The armament consisted of a pair of cannon and a pair of heavy machine guns. After the war these aircraft served with the Auxiliary Air Force until the beginning of the 1950s and they are among the most frequently built forms of the whole family.
A cut-down spine and a teardrop cover mean a large transparent area around which only the narrow frame of the windscreen runs. Tape applied by hand ripples easily on such an arc and paint bleeds. A die-cut shape holds the edge, and the parts for the inner side complete the frame as seen from the cockpit.
The plastic parts of the aircraft are not part of the delivery.
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