Hi All,
I grew up building models. Dad was a modeler and taught me a bunch when I was a young boy until teen years. He was big into C/L Stunt. Until three years ago I flew C/L Stunt and Scale and a little F/F rubber and power. When I started building R/C models I saw that the ARF thing had gotten to the point where most canopies were screwed on or taped on, or so I thought.

I began restoring an old Sterling R/C kit and found that the original designer had taped the canopy onto the model! Interesting to me, anyone know the thought behind this or origin of this practice?

Well, I found a very nice illustrated article on how to install a plastic canopy onto a wood model with glue and fair it into the surface invisibly and permanently.

Look at this link; http://www.stunthanger.com/can.htm
Very simple and neat. Can be adapted to almost any model or material with a bit of imagination. Would make those Scale models really sharp without those big ole' screws!

Hoping to add to the collective building skills,

Chris...