Cut masking shapes for the framing of the cockpit for the Spitfire Mk VIII and Mk IX in 1:48 scale. The sheets contain pieces for the outer and the inner glazing and are made for the ICM kit.
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When the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 appeared over the Channel in the autumn of 1941, the Spitfire Mk V of the time lost its superiority practically overnight. The answer was the Merlin 60 series with a two-stage two-speed supercharger and an intercooler, which gave the aircraft back its performance at great altitudes. So that it would reach units as soon as possible, it was fitted into a lightly modified fuselage of the Mk V, and so the Mk IX came about. The Mk VIII was the same powerplant in a properly reworked structure with a strengthened fuselage, a retractable tailwheel and a larger rudder.
The stopgap solution arrived sooner and was built in far larger numbers, whereas the more thoroughly worked Mk VIII was aimed mainly at the Mediterranean, at Burma and at Australia, where a tropical filter came in useful. The shape of the glazing is the same on both, and that is why one set of masks seats the frames on both.
The frames on a Spitfire are narrow and irregularly angled, so when cutting tape by hand the width of the line is hard to keep. Pieces cut to a pattern keep it by themselves. The procedure is straightforward: seat the film on polished and degreased glass, go around the edge with a wooden toothpick, spray the interior color and then the covering shade, and finally lift the film off before the finish is fully cured, so that the edge does not tear away with the layer of paint.
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