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                        Canopy advice

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                        seastallion53
                        • Member since
                          January 2013
                        Posted by seastallion53 on Sunday, April 3, 2016 1:50 AM

                        You could use Formula 560 canopy glue, dries clear without maring the plastic at all.

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                        dirkpitt77
                        • Member since
                          January 2006
                        • From: NW Washington
                        Posted by dirkpitt77 on Saturday, April 2, 2016 11:45 PM

                        Same as Devil Dawg. I've used both super glue AND Tamiya Extra Thin (one or the other, not both together) to secure canopies to the model, AS LONG AS they've been dipped in Future first. Haven't had a problem with fogging yet.

                         

                        Chris

                            "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

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                        Devil Dawg
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
                        Posted by Devil Dawg on Saturday, April 2, 2016 9:13 PM

                        If you dip the parts in Future first, and let it dry for a day or two, then CAREFULLY scrape the Future from the mating surfaces of the two halves, you should be able to use super glue withour fogging the clear parts.

                        Devil Dawg

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                        Greatmaker
                        • Member since
                          April 2013
                        • From: Eleva, Wisconsin
                        Canopy advice
                        Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, April 2, 2016 9:06 PM

                        I'm currently working on. Ju88. I have the night fighter version but I have most of the parts for the bomber version which is what I would like to build. My question involves the rear canopy which is in two pieces.  I masked them and test fitted against the front canopy.  When canopies are in sections like this, do you guys normally glue the sections together and then mask? I'm afraid if I glued them together with the masks on that I might glue the masks to th canopy. Also what kind of glue to you use the glue the sections together.  I have in the past used testors clear glue with little sucess. I've tried Elmers white glue but that doesn't seem to hold real well.  Same goes with micro Krystal Klear Has anyone used Tamiya extra thin glue or testors liquid cement?  I know super glue can fog but has anyone tried slo-zap. What I would like to do is have the canopies on the model and run some kind of cement down the seam.  Any thoughts as to how to do this?  

                        Thank you

                         

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