Hey jvaliensi:


Man that sucks you broke two of them!! They crack so easy when they are glued into the frame. So when I start on the cuts of the clear to cut off the excess, I put the polycarbonate over the frame, then trace out with a sharpie, around the perimeter so that gives me some guideline to start the initial cut. Then tape off the entire outside of the "glass" so that when it comes time to trial fit it inside the frame, you don't scratch the hell out of it! At this point, it's trial fit....trim more...trial fit....trim more...trial fit...ect!!! Baby steps here as the goal is to get the damn "glass" to fit inside the frame with no binding. Then like you, when the "glass" is fit inside the frame, I take the tape off the part that will be glued to the frame, scratch (rough up) the parts of the "glass" that will touch the frame so the glue has something to "bite" into. I use that white canopy glue as well. Then a ton of magnets around the perimeter of the frame and the hoop. I use a wet paper towel to wipe off excess the put the whole assy onto the fuselage to cure over night. The next day, from the inside of the canopy assembly, I run a bead of Hysol to kinda "trap" the "glass" onto the frame. I'll see if I can post some pics here

For painting the inside of the frame, I use the Tamiya smoke color for polycarbonate and lightly spray the inside to get that smoke. I make a bunch of passes until the small can runs out, waiting like 10 minutes or so between coats