Peacemaker Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Hi All, I need to sand the canopy framing off a Classic Airframes T.11 Vampire to fit Flightpath Photo etc framing which looks much much more accurate than the kit framing. How do I do it evenly? Should I paint the canopy first say in a water based paint and sand down the framing till i start removing the "glass" and then remove paint and polish? Also the instructions recommend gluing the framing with white glue. I thought I would coat the canopy in future and use CA? I cant see White Glue holding. Any tips? Regards, James. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Haven't any tips as I'm not deep enough in to the hobby to even know there are photoetch canopy frames available; but I am certainly going to follow this to see what happens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 When I've done something like this, I just removed the errant bits with 4- and 6-cut files and then polished the remaining part with a polishing pad set that went up to 12000 grit. I also have some Mr Hobby Super Fine polishing compound that I sometimes use. White glue will work just fine. But, I prefer an acrylic glue, like Zap Formula 560 Canopy Glue, which is now what I primarily use. The nice thing about any of these is water cleanup, clear drying, and flexibility. Flexibility is especially important when gluing flat surface joints as it won't fail when subject to shear stress from the different expansion rates between plastic and brass. CA is vulnerable to this failure mode due to it's lesser shear strength. HTH -- dnl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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