I was taking thinner and stripping all of the paint that was in it off. It frosted up really bad. But maybe some of my model wax will take that away. And then It started to crack right down the middle. How can I fix all of these problems without busting the canopy in half. Because its already on its way to being busted.

The model: 1/48 Hasegawa George.

I am almost done with it, and I hate to abandon it again.
Or did some Japanese planes not have windows, I am a little desperate right now.

Thanks!
~Chip

Why don't you build it and make it like a battle damaged aircraft? Like make a diorama of an airfield for the hole aircraft but have it look like it just got back from a sortie and was shot to hell that will make it all better and you won't have to throw it away. OK well cya later BYE!

PS. I hope this helped

that stinks that happend . i dont know what to tell u

Use a very thin cement like Tamiya extra thin cement to repair the crack. It won't be perfect but if you are careful, then it will be hard to tell unless you look really close.

Let it dry completely. At least a full day. Then, use plastic polish and clean up the canopy of both the fogging and the repair until it looks acceptable.

Once you are finished, and the canopy looks fairly clear, dip the canopy in Future floor wax. Grab a corner with some tweezers, dip it into the future, then touch one corner to a napkin or paper towel. This will allow the excess future to run off the canopy. Once it looks good, place the canopy on the bottom of the part and place it under a bowl to dry for the night. If you mess up while doing this, simply redip the canopy and try again.

Good luck, this should work wonders for you. It sounds a little hard but it really is simple.

Scott

Hi Chip

Scott's suggestion sounds like what I'd try. :-)

I'd also contact Hesgawa (or the importer) for a replacement - they'll probably send a new one, no questions asked :-)

Good luck

Rowan

aw no shot up Goerge hehe yeah I sugjest contacting your retailer for a new canopy it saves you the time and the money BYE!

Brendan

, Hi!, Chip, Try this, I cracked one of my canopy piece of my AH-1W Cobra
I went to a Michaels store, and purchased a pkg. of self drying modeling
clay , one that dries hard overnight , I then took the master and set it on the
plaster to make a mold out of it , when removing the master , be very careful
not to distorted the mold , checked for smoothness and and make sure the
frames match, then let the mold dry. The next day I made a vacuum form
jig from this article http://www.largescaleplanes.com/tips/RatoMarczak/jigs/vacuumform.html
and made a copy of the original from 15 thou clear sheet and then clean the
copy with Windex and dipped it in Future and left it to dry overnight and the copy
turned out better than I figured. Give this shot, Good Luck!!!!

P.S. Walmart carries a nice little 4" box for the jig if you are doing small little
projects, for only a couple of dollars.