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TIP OF THE DAY…

When you have to glue two clear parts together and you can't use traditional adhesives, you have to turn to something a little more unusual...

When you have to glue a clear blister to a clear canopy panel, you cannot use glue. Solution? Drop part in place and then flood edge with Johnson’s Klear. Result? An invisible union…

And here’s the canopy, test-fit in place. That’s as neat as I could have hoped for!

I'm formerly the editor in charge of Military In Scale magazine and latterly, Model Airplane International. Editing duties to one side, I'm now a full-time modelmaker with Doolittle Media, working to supply modelling articles and material for a number of their group titles, including MAI and Tamiya Model Magazine International. I'm also an avid fan of Assassin's creed, Coventry City FC and when the mood takes me, a drummer of only passing skill. Here though, you'll find what I do best: build models and occassionally, write about them!

6 comments on “TIP OF THE DAY…

  1. Ian Nicholls

    Very neat! Thanks.

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  2. Russell Niles

    Outstanding trick. This blister thing doesn’t happen often but when it does, this is a great trick

    Thanks Spence

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  3. Damian Rigby

    Neat solution, great result!

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  4. Harold Cline

    Genius Spencer. Thanks for sharing that tid-bit.

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  5. Dont go posting this on FB, you’ll Klearly be adding to Future consternation…. Sorry i’ll shut up now… klear still has its uses.

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  6. Michael McMurtrey

    Clear acrylic or enamel paint also works in similar situations.

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