Temporarily attaching/placing canopy for priming and protecting cockpit

[lacrosse dad]

I prefer to display aircraft on the ground, wheels down and canopy open but often wonder what to use to affix the canopy in the down position temporarily on the aircraft to paint fuselage and canopy frame? Any suggestions? I found a removable adhesive gel or dots that could work but with my primer/tape fiasco I just loosely placed it there and hoped my airbrush don't blow it away.

 

[urumomo]

PVA , " white glue "

 

[lacrosse dad]

Simple Elmer's glue, how do you remove it?

 

[urumomo]

Yes , that will work.
It will peel off .
Use the minimum . Apply with a toothpick

Keep your airbrush supply pressure below 120 psi ,

 

[urumomo]

is this atop more MM paint ?

 

[lacrosse dad]

Fair question. For the sake of future questions a resounding no, but this particular project.....yes

 

[urumomo]

Mmmm .
well , no guarantees then .

Might be better to use gum arabic or methylcellulose , they will release when rewetted'
.. but so will the Mission Models primer , lol

 

[Jim62]

I use blue tack myself.

 

[Dens228]

I use blue tack myself.

I just used this method myself.

 

[Littlemarten]

You might want to try Microscale™ Micro Liquitape. It's intended for use on ordinance, but should work for this. However, the instructions say to remove the dried material with "paint thinner"—which may damage the paint, depending on what the "paint thinner" contains. BTW: it works very well attaching ordinance. Holds well, but you won't get breakage when the ordinance gets snagged on something. It just comes off and you press it back on.

What I do is mask and paint the canopy separately. For painting the rest of the model, I push wet paper towel bits into the cockpit and any other openings that need not to get paint in them. Just be sure to remove it promptly after painting.

 

[lacrosse dad]

To continue this conversation, I have seen a couple of projects in the works here with foam or a sponge like material in cockpits and wheel wells to prevent over spray.....what product is that? It looks like thicker material that we had over stereo speakers or window a/c units.....now I'm dating myself.

 

[Littlemarten]

To continue this conversation, I have seen a couple of projects in the works here with foam or a sponge like material in cockpits and wheel wells to prevent over spray.....what product is that? It looks like thicker material that we had over stereo speakers or window a/c units.....now I'm dating myself.

I've also used ordinary household sponges for this. Wet the sponge, cut or tear off a piece bigger than the opening, put in place. The advantage is that the sponge will expand slightly to close off the space, whereas a paper towel will not. The sponge is also easier to remove, even it it has dried—just add a few drops of water.

 

[Dens228]

I've also used soft packing foam cut to size. It doesn't work for all cockpits due to various odd shaped openings into the cockpit and such.

 

[Rob]

Soft foam, a household sponge like the ones you get from Home Depot for tile work you know those big yellow ones. Or blue tack or Elmer's Glue

 

[Edbert]

I use white glue as well, apply it generously and once it is about halfway set, remove excess glue from the outside with a water-soaked (not dripping) Q-tip.

When ready, the canopy pops right off with modest pressure since that glue is weak.