Many thanks Richard!
I think I'm lucky with my eyesight indeed, at least for closeby as I'm quite nearsighted...
Meanwhile, I found the trick with the Kristal Clear Works! I simply applied it window by window with a fine tipped brush, and after drying cleaned up excessive gloss on the edges with a bit of matte varnish.
I have also attached the wings of the TBD's and painted some extra details: propelors, machineguns, F4F undercarriages, simulating detail on the wing split area's of the TBD's, and retouches where I couldn't make the tail stripes match up properly.
The Kristal Clear Windows may look a bit crude in these very much magnified photo's, but I'm happy with how they look in the flesh. If your not too familiar with 1/700, just take a match and hold it next to the match-head in the photo's.
SBD with closed canopy. I also added a White line on the tail.
And with open canopy:
Wildcat with closed canopy. The Starfighter decals are very nice, but I couldn't fit the red-and-white tail stripes to the bottom of the tail. Therefore, I cut the bottom from every decal for all the wildcats, and now painted those bottom 3 stripes. I also had to "join" the stripes from both sides with paint at the back and top of the tail on most aircraft.
I like a lot how the Flyhawk PE undercarriage mimics the wildcats actual style of undercarriage instead of just providing two simple separate wheels like most sets:
And with open canopy. This one is to be blown on its' nose by an explosion, hence the bent propellor blades and heavy weathering.
TBD with only one wing folded and open canopy:
And finally a TBD with both wings folded and closed canopy:
Cheers,
Marijn
balls!!!! I am again floored.