A 1:48 masking set for the Japanese Nakajima Ki-44-II Hei Shoki interceptor, which the Allies called Tojo. It handles the framing of the cockpit canopy and the color division on the landing gear wheels.
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The Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki went against the Japanese habit of the day of building light and agile fighters. A short fuselage, a small wing area and a powerful radial engine gave it a steep climb and speed, but it paid for that with a high landing speed that the pilots took badly. The Hei version strengthened the armament and was used for the defense of Japanese cities. The Allies gave the machine the code name Tojo.
The cockpit canopy on this fighter has pronounced frames and a fixed rear section with side windows. The main landing gear wheels come on top of that, where the boundary between the tire and the rim is usually painted freehand. Punched shapes solve both in one sitting.
It pays to polish and degrease the clear part before sticking them on, because a greasy film from the fingers tends to be the commonest reason an edge lifts by itself after a while. If you spray two colors over the frames, lift the material only after the second one.
The circular cut-outs also come in when you want to give the tire a slightly flattened contact patch. Spray the whole part in the shade of the rubber first, cover the center with the circle and add the color of the rim. Once uncovered, the boundary stays even on a part that has an engraved tread pattern around its circumference.
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