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Procrastination !

Old Dog

Well-known member
I guess sometimes it's a good thing. My recent goal of finishing some long ignored partially built kits lead me to the box with my Fairey Battle in it. I had started it as part of a group build over on Swanny's back in 2009 which was not a good year for me. The last photo posted

battle1.jpg


When I started rummaging through the box I found that the canopies had yellowed. Had I finished it back then it would now be sitting in the case with a yellowed canopy :(

yellowcanopy.jpg


It actually looks worse in person as the white balance is off. I checked Falcon but they don't make one and getting a replacement from Classic Airframes isn't going to happen and it would probably be yellowed anyway. All of my casting supplies are past using so I guess this one will go back on the shelf of ignore for a while longer. And I had done such a nice job of cutting that one out too :bang head
 
There was an extensive thread about yellowed canopies over on LSP about a year ago, all sorts of things suggested such as soaking in bleach and exposing to the sun, none of which had any appreciable effect, in the end a chemist weighed in that it was probably due to a chemical change in the plastic itself and would be homogeneous throughout, so surface treatments would not help.
 
What about using the original to make a plaster of Paris mold and then smash moulding or vac forming a new one. Making your own homemade vac box is pretty simple using your vacuum cleaner for the suction.
 
I have a vacuforming machine and will make a new master with resin, I just need to wait till I have enough projects to justify ordering more materials. I've had too many containers of the stuff go bad from waiting on projects.
 
Try some Flitz. I did a quickie review on it some time back, it works wonders on Optivisors. :D

https://www.modelersalliance.com/forum/sprue-u-tips-and-techniques/151871-flitz#273251
 
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