FJ-1 Fury in 1/33 scale

[Texman]

or put the tabs on the outside of the canopy mold

[Isaac]

I am using my vacuforming machine.

Place the plug on the box


Here is my small shop vac


Set the oven to 350 deg F


Place the 0.01 inch clear plastic in the frame and then into the oven ( need two bricks on the oven tray ), picture not shown

The "spider veins" are because I let the plastic stay in the oven too long. Just let the plastic drop once and get it out and place over the plug on the vac box.

and its done, made multiple canopies ( Don, coming your way soon ).


and a rough cut and fit on the fuselage



Isaac

[Isaac]

A nice way to add a shine to the canopy as well as protect it is to coat it in a bath of Pledge Future floor polish. Sometimes the name Future is not there on the bottle, but its the same thing.


So here it is during the bath


Then let it dry on the sticks


and cover over night.



That is all.


Next I will glue the framing to the canopy


Isaac

[Richschindler]

It's amazing what one can learn from this forum. Floor polish on canopies. BTW! It's coming along amazingly. Almost done.

[MacSongLi]

Great looking canopy Isaac.

Gary

[scon10]

Floor polish as a varnish?? Doesn't it wipe off when you touch it?

[McTschegsn]

Nope... When dry this stuff is awesome. Did this in my plasticmodelling days

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by scon10

Floor polish as a varnish?? Doesn't it wipe off when you touch it?

Actually, when it dries overnight, it is as hard as plastic , you can even use superglue at some spots without clouding the canopy. I used it on plastic models canopies with great results


Isaac

[yrn_n]

Originally Posted by Isaac

I am using my vacuforming machine.

Congratulations that you have a vacuforming device.
looking great!

[scon10]

Can anyone shed some light on this floor polish? Can you buy it in Europe? In The Netherlands for instance? And under what name can you buy it? I defintely would like to try it out!