I’m a recent returnee to the hobby and I decided to try two masking techniques on the canopy of my 1/48 Hasegawa Typhoon. I used Bare Metal Foil for the windscreen and Parafilm for the main canopy. After masking, I realized that I’d forgotten to Future the canopy sections, so I figured the masking was a dry run. I removed the Parafilm, no problem, but when I removed the BMF it left a heavy adhesive residue. I had no goo gone so I foolishly tried acetone nail polish remover to remove the adhesive. Result - milky windscreen!
Is there anything I can do to correct this? I sanded it down with 600 grit paper and applied Future, but there was no improvement. Am I looking at buying another kit?
you could try vacume-forming a new canopy using the one you’ve got as a prototype, it might actually turn out better than the original. finescale had an article on doing it some time ago, didn’t look too bad. i did something similar with the canopy for an X-wing model except it was enamel thinner. ended up putting on more future and tinting it orange. it’s cloudy but not too bad since it’s a 1:72 model anyway.
Bad luck on the fogged canopy. You said you were able to sand it with 600 grit, so I assume that you are able to sand around the canopy frames? If so, give it another go with the 600 grit. Then head on over a beauty supply or beauty supply section of a depatment store, and pick up a multi-part nail polishing stick. Basically it’s a sanding stick with three or four color coded surfaces of progressively finer grits. The idea is the start with the coursest surface and work to the finest. After going through the progression, a coat of Future will make your canopy look good as new. Good luck.
600 grit on clear plastic may as well be 100 grit. But it is a good starting point. Go to a beauty supply place or even A Wal-Mart cosmetic dept and get a nail polishing board that has 4 different grits on the same stick. There may be labels with a “grit” size but it may say things like polish and shine. By going through the 4 steps you can polish it out nice and clear then a dip in Future and it should look like glass. The problems here are: 1 all the frame work will be gone… or already is from your first sanding. And 2 if you used nail polish remover and the inside is fogged too… this will be difficult to sand/file.
lol, I guess it’s a lanc on a soggy, cool day! When I screwed over my P-51D canopy, I just emailed the company to replace it. Just say it was “not in the kit when I bought it!” Works like a charm, and no postage!