zerosystem Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Just saw this on Luckymodel: http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=AF%20C32004 Anybody happen to know if its a corrected canopy or just the original coated? Thanks, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Enforcer Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 It's quite wrong, being that's an F-16D canopy I've seen the A-10 one on EBAY and it looks very much like the Kit. BTW, I like their so-called "Have Glass II" canopy coating... That's really not the case as HAVE GLASS program was part of an overall program to the aircraft, before the tint was applied in the very first Block 15 F-16As. Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 It's neither. It's just some kind of sticky film coating to apply *over* a canopy part, be it A-10, F-16 or whatever. You don't get a canopy part. Tony Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 It looks like you do get the canopy parts, certainly seems to have a coating http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=1%2F32&item=221315715724&_osacat=0&_from=R40&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&_ssn=moon03tw&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X1%2F32+afv&_nkw=1%2F32+afv&_sacat=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 That eBay link piccie *appears* to show the standard, incorrect, Trumpy clear parts (can't confirm exactly as I don't have the parts in front of me right now) - but certainly looks to have the too-wide front screen). I've got the Squadron vac one somewhere - a lot better than the kit one... Intrigued about this coating? Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Enforcer Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 It looks like they are some how acquiring the canopies only from kit manufactures, and just spray coating or coating these canopies by submersion. Comparing the A-10 kit canopy, the sprue runs, layout, and shape are the same. Notice how the 32nd scale canopies are for Trumpeter and Academy and the 48th scale Hobby Boss only. You probably won't see canopies for Tamiya kits under the AFV Label. There may be a fundamental flaw in their approach as you still need to remove the canopy seam in most of the canopies offered, which will destroy the tint coatings unless of course if the canopy plastic is actually tinted, or the tint is added to the inside only; then sanding the seams out would not be a problem. Not sure about market for this, as the so-called HAVE GLASS (it's actually a PACER program) tint comes in many forms and later canopies including the F-16 have embedded tints of very light blue and greens. That; and I prefer to do my own tints and/or polishes. That being said, they do provide a source for replacement canopies, which I am looking at acquiring for a couple of subjects. Mike V Uilleann and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 So from the guys image, unless the 1:1 A-10 canopy (Im no A-10 SME so please correct me if im wrong here) has a giant seem down the middle as well, and if this IS just a coating, how do you get rid of the seem without removing the coating you just spent all that extra loot to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keplyx Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 AFV acquired standard canopies from Academy and Trumpeter/Hobbyboss and applyed a coating INSIDE (the inner surface). You can remove the seam on the exterior leaving the the internal coating untouched. This is what they wrote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Tinted A-10 main canopy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Cheap source of two seater F-16 canopies then. Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Looks like I was wrong, immersed in stealth for too long! So Have Glass II means just that: "I have a second canopy set". And it's tinted on the *inside* so you can remove the seam on the outside - aha! http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/have-glass-ii-canopy-tinting/17727 Tony Edited May 23, 2014 by Tony T Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 That does make considerable more sense than dunking the canopy or anything of that nature that would have the coating on the outside, only to be sanded off while getting rid of the seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Do the Israeli 2-seat F-16s have this tint/treatment on their canopies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Oh wow! I have been campaigning for years for an accurate scratch-proof style coating for modern jet canopies. This is extremely encouraging. I approached opticians to see if the coating applied to spectacles could be adapted but no joy. I spoke to the Alclad II rep four or five years ago at the UK Nats but they have n't done anything. Now at long last it would seem that some enterprising genius has managed to produce something suitable. Deep joy! Many thanks for the heads-up Peter. Much appreciated. Cheers. Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Oh wow! I have been campaigning for years for an accurate scratch-proof style coating for modern jet canopies. This is extremely encouraging. I approached opticians to see if the coating applied to spectacles could be adapted but no joy. I spoke to the Alclad II rep four or five years ago at the UK Nats but they have n't done anything. Now at long last it would seem that some enterprising genius has managed to produce something suitable. Deep joy! Many thanks for the heads-up Peter. Much appreciated. Cheers. Looks like the F-117A would be one of the greatest beneficiaries. Pity there isn't a deal with Tamiya in place. Tony Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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