RATS! I've had a MAJOR setback with my AH-1G kitbash.
*sigh*
While cleaning up the canopy/fuselage seams, I heard something rattle around in the cockpit. I peeled off some of the tape to see that the gunners console had come loose. I'm super bummed because I had just finished getting good seams and started to clean everything up. I couldn't think of how to remove the canopy to reinstall the loose part, then it came to me, I could just remove the nose!
I was able to remove it cleanly, reinstall the loose console, and reattach the nose. Unfortunately, while I was doing that, I noticed a different, much larger problem.
Somehow, some thin CA had splattered inside the canopy. I have no idea how that happened!
In the photo, you can see some vertical scratches. Those are from my fingernail to see if the blemish was on the outside or on the inside. Sadly, it was on the inside.
I couldn't leave it. My only option was to remove the canopy, after I had spent all that time getting it bleneded into the fuselage, and sand/polish the canopy. Luckily, I was able to cleanly remove the canopy.
The strange thing was that it seems as though the thin CA affected the "inside" of the plastic, not just the surfaces.
Even after sanding you can see that the blemish is unaffected.
I tried polishing, and even dipping the part in Future, to see if it would help. Unfortunately it didn't.
I have no idea what I'm going to do now. I can use the part and spray some fake frames in hopes of hiding the blemish. I could scratch a canopy cover, but that would hide the cockpit. I can shelve the project in hopes of finding a new canopy...I just don't know.
I will press on with my AH-1J. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears...
-O