Short Stirling mk.III BK704

One half of a horizontal tail was missing, but a 1/48 scale P-47 wing looks right for the job. 

The small windows are made from two component transparant resin, which becomes rock hard and is easy to file, sand and polish.
I start with taping transparant strips to the inside of the fuselage. 

 

 

From the outside I drip the resin in. When it has hardened I can remove the tape and transparant strip. 

There was no interior in the box, so on to scratch building again. 

 

And now masking of hundreds of windows... 

Primed and mottled 

Colors are on! Making a black finish look interesting is difficult. 

On a photo it's not that interesting. You have to see it with your own eyes. 

Next is polishing and clear coating 

Finally done! Big relief! 

 

 

 

I polished the canopy, getting rid of the frame, so I could use masking for the Italeri Stirling.