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advice needed filling aircraft windows

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  • Member since
    December 2004
  • From: sunny brisbane australia
advice needed filling aircraft windows
Posted by biscuit3 on Friday, June 10, 2005 8:05 AM
Fellas can anyone give me some guidence,
im building a 727 kit and im converting it into a freighter and i want to fill in the windows of the cabin can anyone point me in the right direction thanks in advance Big Smile [:D] mick
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    April 2003
  • From: Halfway back to where I started
Posted by ckfredrickson on Friday, June 10, 2005 9:30 AM
My dad did it once by running a strip of masking tape behind the windows, and then filling them with putty.

I read about this method a while ago and liked it, though note the problems he ran into with losing some reference points.
http://www.airlinercafe.com/page.php?id=54
  • Member since
    December 2004
  • From: sunny brisbane australia
Posted by biscuit3 on Saturday, June 11, 2005 6:54 AM
thanks for that, i was thinking about using some styrene and then filling the windows but your idea sounds better ta! Big Smile [:D]
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Central USA
Posted by qmiester on Monday, June 13, 2005 7:50 PM
I occasionally seal off the windows in a fuselage by gluing the kit windows into place, then when dry, filing the window to contour (lets be honest most of them stick up just a little above the surface). Once that's done, I fill any cracks or depressions with body putty and sand that down when dry. If you do it right, you don't use as much putty and the area is actually stronger than the putty alone is.
Quincy
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 3:25 PM
Microscale makes a brush on product called "Microclear" which is perfect for your application. Apply it on the inside of the model. It looks like white glue before it cures to a flexible, clear film.
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