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A Nose Full of Teeth: The Bf110 Haifisch Zerstorer

Returning to the Canopy and Finishing Off

Well, now that everything was in place, I decided to return to that old humbug-the rear canopy section. This time around, I used only the plastic from an old CD cover and cut out strips of plastic from it. These were then filed and sanded down to size using the front window panels as references. One edge was kept flat, and the other was sanded to a knife edge, so as to achieve an arch-like structure. These were then stuck on using Testors Clear Cement solution and allowed to dry for two days. The rear sections were finally stuck on and the gaps closed with minute amounts of superglue.

After allowing the canopy to dry for some more time, I used a sharp toothpick to paint in the frames with the camouflage color (RLM 71). The side windows were marked with a slight press of a #11 blade, and scratched so as to form runners for the paint. This made the application of paint easier and thus the top windows and side windows were formed.

Finally, I drilled a hole on one of the top windows as noted in reference pictures and inserted a thin piece of stretched sprue for the antenna holder. I then used stretched sprue to form the antenna wire from the rear right vertical fin tip to the antenna holder and cemented it in place using superglue.

This ends the saga of my Bf-110. Hope you enjoyed it. Happy Modelling!!!