George R Blair Jr (@gblair)
It's all of these little additions you are adding that are taking this model to the next level(s). I never knew about the canopy handles. Your mods to the telescopic gun sight are also top notch. I know you have mentioned the "Just Like Glass" before... Where do you get it from ? Hobby Lobby or a place like that ? Thanks in advance.

Your canopy masking, and the touch up paint work between the Dark Gray and White along the demarcation lines look very nice. Keep it going, the weekend will be here before you know it, and you will have an engine for this bad boy !

Thanks, Louis (@lgardner) and Eric (@eb801). I have stalled on this plane for as long as I can, so I may start another one tomorrow while I am waiting for the new engine.

I typed in the wrong name for the "glass". It is actually "Looks Like Glass" from Deluxe Materials. It works like Future, and is actually a little shinier than Future, but not as durable. You can get it on Amazon for about $14 and from MegaHobby online for about $10. It is really good for bringing the shine back to glass, and it really does make it look like glass. I try not to mask over it, so I don't dip canopies like you would with Future. I tend to brush it on after I have painted the frames. I carefully brush the "Glass" between the frames...the glass gets shiny and the frames stay flat. You can also use it as a canopy glue. :o)

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Great progress and awesome looks, my friend @gblair! Looking forward to the engine!

Thanks, Eric (@eb801), Spiros (@fiveten), and John (@johnb). These small additions were fairly simple and worked out surprisingly well, especially resin gunsight and the updated front glass. The Looks Like Glass isn't advertised as a canopy glue, but it is thicker than Future and fairly sticky, so it seems to work fine for canopy glue. The sliver of clear plastic is used to fill the slot in the front windscreen was glued into place using the Looks Like Glass. I still use white glue of some type for most canopies because it is thick enough to act as a gap filler. I tend to build only one model at a time because of my workbench. Not because it is small, but because it usually looks like a war zone when I am building. I tend not clean the bench until I have finished a build. Putting a second pile of parts on the bench just seems like asking for trouble. But another reason goes back to high school. When I started dating, I had a fear that I would call someone by the wrong name if I dated more than one girl at a time. For my entire dating life, it was one girl at a time. I guess I am just a linear thinker. Besides, if something is drying on a model I simply work on my model train layout. Works great.

Great that you received the engine, my friend @gblair! Looking forward to see it!

I am ready to get this Kingfisher done and in the display case. Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten) and John (@johnb).

Eager to see the finished Kingfisher as well, George @gblair