This detail on the 1/32 scale spitfire is lacking and yet is very prominent when looking at the windscreen of the real aircraft. See photo.
Given that the armoured glass is 2” thick this scales down to 1/16” which converts to 1.6 mm. Given that the thickness of the existing screen in the kit is 0.5 mm then the added glass needs to be 1.1 mm thick.
I found suitable sheet plastic in a drawer divider, this was polished, then cut to shape using the kit windscreen mask as a template. The surrounding frame was made up from stock plastic card with the added detail of the securing bolt housings made up from semi circular strip.
Finally the frame was airbrushed black, the actual screen given a coat of Future with the smallest amount of ‘Tamiya Clear Blue’ added to give a very slight tint.
The screen is now held in the kit frame with ‘Formula 560’.
The final effect will not to apparent until the model is painted etc. In the meantime I’m working on the ignition wiring for the Merlin!!!!
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