I thought I read somewhere on the forum once about painting the edge of the mating surface(s) when gluing on the clear canopies to hide the seam a little better.
Case in point: I’ve dipped the clear canopy on my Hasegawa 1/32 P-51 in Future several days ago. Now I want to glue it to the plastic frame which sits underneath it. I thought I read somewhere that if you paint the surfaces which are about to be mated either silver of black, it’s supposed to lessen the obvious clear part-to-frame seam.
The best way I’ve found is to mask the canopy and then glue it down before painting. If there is a small gap, you can use white glue, mr surfacer (500 or 1000 depending on the gap size), or thinned putty. I then paint the canopy along with the body.
I tried that for the first time, last night. But have to finish it all out to see the real overall results. I used the same paint color as the cockpit. in some cases the fuse color may be the correct color.
Eric, you are right. Painting the edges will help make the seam look more like part of the prototype instead of a gross modeling boo boo. In the case of the Hase p-51 canopy (amoung others) I paint the edge of the clear piece black then use Crystal Clear or Testors clear parts cement to glue it in place. I’ll also use CA if I dipped the part in Future.
Your memory serves you, well, good enough. I think I read it on Swanny’s site but I’m not sure.
Thank you HK! I know I did an extremely poor job at explaining what I was after, but I think you remembered the same thing I remembered.
It’s 11:30 PM. I just finished my homework for the night. I’m heading upstairs. But first I’m going to paint the edge of the clear piece black…
Aw heck. First I’ll download some Dave Matthews to the iPod. Curse you, iPod! You’re why I can’t get more than six hours of sleep at night! Model airplanes are why I can’t get more than 4-5 hours of sleep each night.