I had to take down a ripple on the inside of a small canopy for a Revell F-100, weird scale, near 1/72, may closer to 1/96.

I used the pencil eraser because it seemed close to the Inside diameter of the canopy. Took forever, but King Tut was impressed.

Cutting your own dowel is probably a great idea for larger scales. This is challenging work, and, thank gosh for Future!

Also, I had bought these little sanding sheets, about 2" square, made of heavy mylar, I think they went from 1200 to 4000 grit. I rolled them into tubes and put some tape around them to hold them. Then I used the ends to sand.

Striker8241

Well, there might be another possibility. There are polishing pastes and powders you mix with water that are used for grinding and polishing lenses for amature telescopes. They usually start with grits around #220 and go as high as #440 or more. Not sure if these are the same pastes used by jewelers, but if you can get hold of some, it might be useful to try them on the canopy.

 

Russ

Gamera

Whoops! Sorry I was thinking it was Jim with the canopy, musta looked at one of his quotes of you. 

The inside ridges are a pain, not sure what else to tell you. I can't think of anything other than the eraser or maybe a small piece of balsa wood since it's soft. 

And toothpaste can be used as a mild abrasive / sandpaper replacement too. 

Sometimes I find that if you use a brand new X-Acto blade, you can back scrape very carefully with almost no downward pressure, and slowly remove ridges like that.  just make sure to hold the blade so it only comes into contact with the ridge, and not the plastic around it. For inside, you can use a curved blade.  Just a suggestion.  Afterwards, a coat of future will hide the scrape line.

I did manage to get a little done on that Revell 1/32 Corsair.  The hinges haven't snapped yet, so I'm crossing my fingers.

Whoops! Sorry I was thinking it was Jim with the canopy, musta looked at one of his quotes of you. 

The inside ridges are a pain, not sure what else to tell you. I can't think of anything other than the eraser or maybe a small piece of balsa wood since it's soft. 

And toothpaste can be used as a mild abrasive / sandpaper replacement too. 

Gamera

Rich: OUCH! Not much you can get done with your back messed up, best wishes here for a swift recovery!

Jim: My two cents would be to grab one of the sanding sticks made for canopies, I know Squadron makes one with three ultra fine grits and sand the ridge off. Then you can dip it in Future to clear up any tiny scratches that might be left. A piece of brown paper bag balled up can serve as ultra fine sandpaper too.

Been working on my P-40 for that GB and a 1/35th Tamiya Jeep here.

any 'tips' for dealing with the inside ridge, I use a pencil with a rounded eraser to mount the sandpaper

but they built the pyramids while i was doing that.

-Dom

lol....

Rich: OUCH! Not much you can get done with your back messed up, best wishes here for a swift recovery!

Jim: My two cents would be to grab one of the sanding sticks made for canopies, I know Squadron makes one with three ultra fine grits and sand the ridge off. Then you can dip it in Future to clear up any tiny scratches that might be left. A piece of brown paper bag balled up can serve as ultra fine sandpaper too.

Been working on my P-40 for that GB and a 1/35th Tamiya Jeep here.

Button up is always the hardest. Theres always that thought in the back of your head "did i forget something?"

I got called back to work for the last 4 days so I haven't gotten a lot done either. I'm trying to upgrade those pitiful gear doors that came with the B52D so they at least look reasonably like the real ones.

I'm using that task as an excuse to avoid what I really should be doing - putting in the window glass and finishing the interior so I can button up the fuselage

Maybe this weekend I'll get up the courage...

Scorpiomikey

Oh and the missus stood on one of the engine nacelles of the apache after knocking it off my work bench. The paint had barely dried.

Sparrowhyperion

I haven't been able to get a lot done.  I slipped and fell down a few stairs.  I'm lucky to be alive with my Aneurysm, but I screwed my back up really good.  And when I find out which one of our idiotic cats yacked up on the stairway....  Chili Con Kitty...

Aw man! Sorry to hear that, Sparrow. Hope you recover real soon.

Russ

Damn sparrow, find a padded room with a full time doctor, you're falling apart mate.

Did chilli con kitty become Chilli con vaguely unrecognisable meat?

As for why its so quiet were all doing what were meant to be doing. Modelling lol. Except me, i had Dawn of war 2 collectors pack arrive last night. So ive got 2 new campaigns to work through before i can contemplate building anything.

Oh and the missus stood on one of the engine nacelles of the apache after knocking it off my work bench. The paint had barely dried.

I haven't been able to get a lot done.  I slipped and fell down a few stairs.  I'm lucky to be alive with my Aneurysm, but I screwed my back up really good.  And when I find out which one of our idiotic cats yacked up on the stairway....  Chili Con Kitty...

Seems awful quiet around here lately. Where is everybody?

Another fine A-7 snap. Note the Sidewinder pylon. Great weathering.

jimbot58

Ok, dumb question time: I assume that this line down the middle of the A-7 canopy shouldn't be there and I have a bit of sanding and polishing to do?

Keep us posted on the progression of grit you use, Please.

Dom

That would be a negatory good buddy. Time to start polishing.

Ok, dumb question time: I assume that this line down the middle of the A-7 canopy shouldn't be there and I have a bit of sanding and polishing to do?

oddly enough, thats how i came across the first time. Just random link clicked and the wealth of information.

Glad to be of help.  The amazing thing is that I wasn't even looking for a site like that.  I did a google image search for the Avro Vulcan, and it was one of the sites that the imaged I was looking at was from.  It looked interesting so I took a look around and badabing badaboom, resource site.  And the amazing thing is that it's a Russian Domain. lol..

Rich

Bockscar

Sparrowhyperion

Hi guys.  I don't know if anyone has ever posted this link, but I just stumbled onto this website and it's a great resource.  It has camouflage and markings pallettes for almost any military aircraft you could imagine.

http://wp.scn.ru/en/markings

Check it out.

Rich:

Fab link, an incredible research tool. I hadn't come across it,

many thanks!

Sparrowhyperion

Hi guys.  I don't know if anyone has ever posted this link, but I just stumbled onto this website and it's a great resource.  It has camouflage and markings pallettes for almost any military aircraft you could imagine.

http://wp.scn.ru/en/markings

Check it out.

Fab link, an incredible research tool. I hadn't come across it,

many thanks!

Cheers for that link, i keep meaning to book mark it and keep forgetting lol.

Hi guys.  I don't know if anyone has ever posted this link, but I just stumbled onto this website and it's a great resource.  It has camouflage and markings pallettes for almost any military aircraft you could imagine.

http://wp.scn.ru/en/markings

Check it out.

Son Of Medicine Man

I should add that this additional work is along with my regular 40 hour Monday through Friday 8-5 schedule.

 

Ken

Sorry to hear that, Ken. You IT guys really have it tough with all the extra hours you have to work. Hope it eases up real soon. Take it easy, bud.

Russ

Speaking of bad days:

You don't see stuff like this anymore,

Ouch!

Not having that much bad luck so far......

Here's hoping the cat doesn't gak on your build.....

I wanted to watch the rest of the Horton documentary but

the recorder came on at 9:00 and keeps updating and I am toast......

Argh.  My Day started out sucking and has been going downhill fast.  The Wifey and Mom In Law are watching Olympic stuff, so I don't get to watch the Ho229 piece...  Or anything else for that matter....  I keep getting sniped trying to get a cheap pair of speakers for the vintage stereo I got at a Garage sale, and I just ran out of Flat Black MM halfway through the Prop on a 1/32 R/M Corsair kit...  Oh Yeh, and my idiot cat got ahold of one of my pills again (Flexorall) and is sitting here stoned off of his gourd.  In about half an hour, he's gonna gak, and I don't want to be anywhere near him when he does....

So how was everyone else's day?

BTW Ken, you still have my email addy right?

Damn Ken. Like Dom said, hang in there.

That makes for a rough week or two Ken;

Hang in there.....

I should add that this additional work is along with my regular 40 hour Monday through Friday 8-5 schedule.

Ken