As provided in the kit, the windshield fit to the fuselage was remarkably good. However, it did not look like the one in the full-scale Flitfire. To transform it, I had to paint it twice.


To do this, I masked the outline of the wing junction with Tamiya tape.


Then filled in the front . . .


and back with painter's tape.


After at trip to the spray booth for several coats of rattle-can silver paint and a 24-hour curing period, it was time to retape the front of the windshield. Early Cubs had three-piece windshields with flanged joints. So did the Flitfire. Here the top, bottom, and side outlines have been defined with Tamiya tape.


In this photo, everything has been taped up, leaving only the joint lines available for paint. Fiddly stuff, indeed.


I applied satin black paint, rattle-can again, and ended up with this ugly duckling.


Which transformed into a reasonably accurate Cub windshield after unmasking.

Six days to go until the raffle.

Next up, a new dashboard.