Also if the airplane wears camouflage paint the color separation lines on the real thing sometimes fall on the canopy which is difficult to get exactly right if the canopy is painted separately.
Gluing model airplane canopies.
One is testor s the other is pacer.
In this sixth episode we look at.
Here are three of the most common and reliable ways of.
I use it on plastic scale models and it works great as a craft glue.
It is really strong and does dry super clear.
The source used to be wilhold a big glue company and their product was named r c 56 for radio control obviously alluding to model airplanes.
That s why you read so many articles and tips about it.
The glue is waterproof when cured.
There are parts of an aircraft model where you can get away with mistakes.
Great planes cap 232 clear unpainted uncut canopy 60 25.
I would not even try using this glue to bond the canopy on a nitro plane with monokote.
If you accidentally put the glue where you don t want it just wipe it off with a moistened q tip.
The canopy is never one of them.
To combat these disadvantages some modelers prefer to glue the canopy in place on the model fill any gaps then mask it then start to paint.
In the 1990s wilhold stopped making this glue.
Spots of glue or squiggly framework on clear parts can spoil a model more surely than anything.
The glue can be used to glue canopies of aircraft models or windscreens of car model without fear of them getting damaged.
For example a bit of isopropyl alcohol can be used to remove the cured glue.
But if you ve ever loused one up you are in excellent company.