I have a disassembled revel 1/48 scale Doinier, and I need to know how to get rid of and prevent canopy fogging. This will help with my other aircraft too
Do you know what caused the fogging? That might make a difference. In general, I’ve had good results using common toothpaste (not the gel kind, the pasty kind)–and polishing it out with either q-tips, a cotton ball or old t-shirt material.
Some would then coat it with Future acrylic floor wax.
Good luck. I hate it when fogging happens.
Usually fogging is caused either by using a glue thats too agressive (normal styrene glue or even CA) or paint fumes seeping in through a hole or crack.
It helps to invest in a bottle of clearparts glue or even transparent drying wood glue.
Richard
Kermit makes a good point (and it isn’t easy being green!). I only use a white glue like Elmer’s or Aleene’s to fix canopies. It is plenty strong enough to hold the little clear parts.
You try working with PE when you got green webbed fingers…
Richard
yep - only use something like zap canopy glue for transparent parts. If you use toothpaste to polish out any scratches, you need to use grainy stuff but be careful as it essentially works like sandpaper. Then Johnson’s Klear to finish
if you could dip the canopy in future 2 or 3 times this will mask the foggycanopy just did it on my tamiya f16c thunderbirds! looks mint! you can also use future on the canopy before gluing to model to protect from fogging! i always use microscale krystal klear with no problems! hope this helps!
Agreed - the first thing I do with clear canopy parts, before even removing them from the sprue, is paint them with Future/Klear and let them dry thoroughly.
This does two things: 1) Gives these fragile parts a bit more strength, and 2) Gives you an out if you screw-up and get paint or something on them, because you can just soak the part in ammonia-based window cleaner, and off comes the Future and the paint or whatever. I always use Model Master clear parts cement to attach canopies (it makes dandy small windows too, better than using the clear parts, in my opinion.
Agreed. The first thing you do with big, clear, IMPORTANT pieces like canopies is to dip them in Future and then set them aside on a piece of paper toweling to dry overnight. Doing this provides a clear protective finish that will guard against fogging.
Also, in the past I’ve accidentally gotten some overspray on a canopy which I thought I had completely masked. However, since I had dipped the canopy in Future first, I was able to wipe away the overspray with paint thinner and it did not harm the canopy a single bit. No fogging or etching whatsoever.
Having a coat of Future on my canopies has saved my hide numerous times. Can’t stress that enough. If you’re a fumble fingers like me (or more accurately, not always the best masker), dipping the canopies is a must!
Eric