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I find this Harvard to be the hardest so far to create a clear canopy.
Probably just me...but everytime i try one, I get frustrated.
A full vacuform canopy would be real nice...but I haven't done that.
The three parts are flat...no compound curves, so theoreticcaly you should be able to cut some flat pieces of clear plastic.
Trick is finding the right thickness and/or heat forming it to hold the required shape.
Then, you have to figure out how to glue paper to plastic.
This still stumps me.
In this case, I left the rear paper section in place since many harvards seem to have a fogged and opaque rear window!
For the main and front windows, I sandwiched the paper part between laminating clear sheets.
Then cut out the parts again.
Then fitted them to the aircraft.
Unfortunately, when you curve the part, the inside tends to buckle
causing a lot of tension in the part
and the entire part does not want to stay glued to the fuselage.
(partly the paper to plastic problem again)
in the end I got everything glued...its not bad.
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