discussion Fogged Canopy

[Guest]

Had a wee bit of a disaster whilst building a 1/72 Hasegawa Lanc B1. The mid upper turret is quite fiddly (especially with a couple of broken fingers) to assemble, so being the ham fisted bod that I am I just got on with it, result was I have managed to get glue fumes inside the turret which has consequently fogged. Has anyone got a quick fix or do I need to buy another turret?

 

[yak face]

Hi jeff , sounds to me like the only way to improve the appearance would be to take off the turret and try and polish the inside back to clarity.That, however would be a very difficult task , maybe some of those really fat cotton buds and a bit of toothpaste would do it. Put the cotton bud in the turret and spin it round with a bit of toothpaste on it ,hopefully it will polish out the fogging. Failing that , put out an appeal on the forum for a spare turret, perhaps someones got one in the spares box? hope this helps , cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Cheers mate, tried something similar last night (Solvol) and failed miserably. Will have try and source a new turret.

 

[Guest]

As luck would have it, eldest boy got an Airfix 1/72 Lanc B111 for Christmas, low and behold it has a mid upper turret that is included in the kit, but not required. With a bit (!!!!) of work it should fit the Hasegawa kit, although the profile is slightly different, but I can live with that...