Okay. Here we go.
I was very fed up with the craptastic one-piece molded canopy I did, so I rebuilt it using two pieces of plastic. I used some regular injet safe overhead transparency film for the glass. But, instead of trying to glue everything together and making an unholy mess, I used a tip from a fellow on another forum to use sticker/label paper for the frame. Sooo, I got some Avery "Ink Jet Sticker Project Paper" (#3383). I printed the canopy page (#2 on the large version) onto the printer paper.
I cut out the frame
And then I stuck it onto the plastic sheet (notice the magic floating appearance)
As the sticker paper is fairly light, I decided to stick the entire piece to plastic for reinforcement. I had to use CA glue to get the tabs to stick ( the extra piece between the tabs is an olive colored strip for the interior to cover the gap between the glass and the cockpit)
Because of the reluctancy of the plastic to bend with the paper, there were a few gaps in the joints between the frame and the fuselage. Here are a couple
To fix them, I used colored sections from the sticker paper (that's why I printed the whole page, not just the canopy) to fill in the gaps
They aren't super, but they do the job.
Once the canopy was secured, this is the final result
The finished landing gear
The dry fit tail assembly
Walk around shots so far
There it is. In the next couple of nights it should be finished up.
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