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Offline Sean McEntee

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« on: December 05, 2015, 08:19:53 PM »
In order to get that "20 point finish" look, what treatment does the canopy get.  Is there a pollish out there that gets it a-gleaming?  Does one clear it with the rest of the model (I'm guessing not but that's why I'm here)?

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2015, 08:53:37 PM »
This old man just clear paints the canopy with rest of the plane.  And as you've seen I don't polish the plane either. H^^
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Re: Canopies
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2015, 09:15:11 PM »
This old man just clear paints the canopy with rest of the plane.  And as you've seen I don't polish the plane either. H^^

   Haha I hear you Doc!  Right now my finishing skills don't quite match my flying abilities, so I think the last 8 years of my Army career will be best spent getting caught up. That way, when I retire and I have more time, I can start disappointing people  8)

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2015, 06:37:01 PM »
When I sand the plane, I sand the canopy, too. Then shoot catalyzed polyurethane and sand and polish the whole thing. And use a buffer.
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Re: Canopies
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2016, 02:01:48 PM »
i epoxy the canopy to bare wood, make a radious with superfill, prime, paint then sand with 1200 wet sandpapaper and clear coat
polish and thatīs all

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2016, 10:57:37 PM »
But WHAT about the COCKPIT .   %^@ S?P :)

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2016, 11:04:09 PM »
Knactuleary, Dave REES did an artical on fitting out cockpits in THIS issue of F. M .
Styrene sheet ejector seats & cockpit walls , for his Talon & Gnat .
And pin heads and other things to work loose with vibration .
One of the troll with bouncey eye dolls might be better .

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2016, 09:18:57 PM »
But WHAT about the COCKPIT .   %^@ S?P :)

There's over 300 separate pieces in this cockpit. Epoxy and micro-balloons around the base with a thin spread of auto body putty over the micro-balloons.

No clear on the canopy, just masked off for paint and the final semi-gloss clear coat.

The build can be seen at the Mig-3 build Thread over at CFC Graphic's vendor's corner.

Charles

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2016, 09:28:29 AM »
Hi Sean,

From my resident experts that I stole er....ahem...... borrowed my finishing strategy from (Billy, Bob, and Windy) I got that you basically finish the clear canopy like the rest of the paint job once you are in the clear coat stage.  Use whatever clear you finish the top coats with and rub out.

Charles,

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2016, 03:23:48 PM »
Hi Sean,

From my resident experts that I stole er....ahem...... borrowed my finishing strategy from (Billy, Bob, and Windy) I got that you basically finish the clear canopy like the rest of the paint job once you are in the clear coat stage.  Use whatever clear you finish the top coats with and rub out.

Charles,

I have told you.... you need to enter C/L scale.......

Bill

Bill,

Can't forget the final coat of clear must be fuel proof. It's not questionable with auto two part clears.

Bill, You're being kind, CL Scale is about much more than just building a nice scale model.

If the KOI had scale events I would look into it. Possibly.

The Gee Bee Z could be a possibility depending on how I finish the model and I think the Stuka Tank Buster might fit in someplace?.

Seems like the Forum is slow right now, not much going on? The Forum gives me ambition when I see building project Threads. At the moment I don't have any modeling ambition.

Thanks for the kind words Bill.

Charles

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Re: Canopies
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2016, 03:41:40 AM »
There's over 300 separate pieces in this cockpit. Epoxy and micro-balloons around the base with a thin spread of auto body putty over the micro-balloons.

No clear on the canopy, just masked off for paint and the final semi-gloss clear coat.

The build can be seen at the Mig-3 build Thread over at CFC Graphic's vendor's corner.

Charles

Edited for better photos.


AWESOME as usuall Charles!
nice finish indeed!
and i second Bill, go Scale!
you have the skills, just need the have a bite on a nice project!
i am working on my first c/l scale down here





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Re: Canopies
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2016, 06:48:32 AM »
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AWESOME as usuall Charles!
nice finish indeed!
and i second Bill, go Scale!
you have the skills, just need the have a bite on a nice project!
i am working on my first c/l scale down here

Fred,

Bill has always encouraged me to participate in scale. I may give it a shot with the Gee Bee Z. Gotta get it done first.

Thanks for the reply.

Charles
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