Borsos Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 There was no way to save the canopy hood. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t get it clear again although I ended up using tooth paste for polishing. So there was no other way than to go the hard way. I cut and sanded a stamp out of balsa wood following the dimensions in the scale plans. Then I vacuformed a new hood. Masking and painting… …and attaching the new part to the fuselage. Ironically the new part fit way better than the Squadron canopy hood and I only needed to add some glue. These are the darker spots on the frame. When it’s all cured, I‘ll cover it up with matt varnish it looks much better now and I am happy again. 14 hours ago, Furie said: Hello Borsos and congratulations on the quality of your model, it's absolutely superb. I enlarged your last photos and I don't see any particular problems with your canopy. I imagine you had some white vapors deposited on the canopy because of the CA glue? Personally, I bought this to glue canopies securely without leaving catastrophic marks on them: Yes, thank you for the hint! I even have a bottle of this glue at home. But the stuff I had used before was the other one on the right. coogrfan, scvrobeson, mc65 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsos Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) Have you noticed that I glued the canopy hood the other way round? Corrected Edited October 11, 2023 by Borsos MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and R Palimaka 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Borsos said: Have you noticed that I glued the canopy hood the other way round? Corrected Sometimes, when it just doesn't want to, it doesn't want to... Edited October 11, 2023 by Furie Borsos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) The Ammo ultra glue instructions state that you can glue PE parts as well as transparent plastic parts. My experience was not conclusive with the canopy, which came off the fuselage very (too) easily. That's why I bought AK crystal, which I think is much more suitable and offers a much stronger bond. But I haven't tested it for real yet. Edited October 12, 2023 by Furie Borsos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Ammo Ultra glue is just another PVA glue with a fancy name. I have these for sticking PE and transparent styrene: I paid €5.40 for the ‘canopy glue’ and €0.95 for the other. Guess which one I’m using the most? Borsos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsos Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Furie said: The Ammo ultra glue instructions state that you can glue PE parts as well as transparent plastic parts. My experience was not conclusive with the canopy, which came off the fuselage very (too) easily. That's why I bought AK crystal, which I think is much more suitable and offers a much stronger bond. But I haven't tested it for real yet. The AK Crystal is the glue of choice for clear parts I think. It dried relatively quickly (it was sticky after about 15 minutes) and the bond seems to be way stronger than just PVA. 11 hours ago, quang said: Ammo Ultra glue is just another PVA glue with a fancy name. I have these for sticking PE and transparent styrene: I paid €5.40 for the ‘canopy glue’ and €0.95 for the other. Guess which one I’m using the most? At least you seem to know where your tools are. My workbench is often so messy (especially when it comes to the end of a project) that I frequently can’t find what I‘d need most… I definitely need to clean my workbench very soon! Well, she’s fnished. That was a long journey! Why no exhaust stains? Well, I‘ve only seen Dewoitines in German service that show exhaust stains, and these look very stark. Could be caused by the lower quality fuel they used. In fact I haven’t seen any French machine from 1940 showing any exhaust stains at all. So I decided to leave them off for some days and rethink if I‘ll add some very light stains or none at all. Better pictures with neutral background as soon as possible and after sorting out the exhaust question Andreas Edited October 12, 2023 by Borsos Furie, scvrobeson, coogrfan and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Absolutely beautiful build and presentation. Great job on a difficult kit Matt Borsos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 This one turned out well. Nicely done Cheers, Michael Borsos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Borsos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Lovely ! Borsos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsos Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Thanks a lot to you all for following along this build and commenting! there are the final shots in the gallery: (and yes, I eventually added some exhaust stains …) Fanes, R Palimaka and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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