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Questions about Building the Trumpeter F-22A in 1/144


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Good day fellow small scale builders.  I picked up the Trumpeter F-22 on a whim the other day and decided to push it ahead of other projects - thinking that it would be a quick build.  Unfortunately, I think I'm seeing that there will be a few challenging aspects to the build.  

 

Namely, the kit comes with the clear canopy already secured to the top of the airframe.  I am concerned that when I glue the fuselage halves using Tamiya's liquid cement or CA glue that I will fog the interior of the clear part.  🥶  I could seal the inside and outside of the clear part with liquid mask, but then how do I get it off the inside? 

 

Then, secondly, I am curious about achieving the colored affect of the glass canopy.  Can anyone point me to a good tutorial?  I got a bit overwhelmed with the google/youtube search results and I'd like to know what works looks best in this small scale before sinking $50 in supplies for this one build. 😝

 

Maybe I'm being led down to removing the canopy.  So, then I have to ask in anyone knows how Trumpeter secured it?  Should I use hot water to dissolve their glue?  Or do I need to saw it off? Yikes.

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