Filling jet canopy seam how?

Use Milliput.

Mix up a small batch and add a small amount of water. Make sure that the clear sections of the canopy are masked and then fill the seams. As soon as you have filled them, get a Babybud ( Q-tip ) and make sure that the end is soaked in water. Use the end in a sanding motion to "sand" the excess Milliput from the seam. This should leave the Milliput flush with the external surface. Leave the Milliput to dry. It will then shrink slightly and leave a slightly sunken panel line around the canopy. Once the Milliput is dry, finish off with a gentle sanding with a fine grade of wet-and-dry to ensure that there is no excess Milliput.

It works for me. Hope this helps.

I use plain old white glue, Elmer's or Lepages for example. It won't craze the plastic and easily cleans up with a bit of water. It can be coaxed into place when it's wet and the excess cleaned up by a swipe of a moist Q-tip. All in all, it's nearly as useful a modelling compound as Future although you shouldn't put it on your floors.

I like Tamiya putty - but ht e real trick with sanding the putty is to mask the canopy as you would for painting before you start sanding. Tamiya putty is very fine grained, set quickly, and sands easily.

Mask the canopy to protect the clear portion of it while sanding - then go ahead and sand the fuselage and frame at the join; but still take care not to sand through the mask.

I always remove the tape after sanding and re-mask pefore I paint. That way I get to see if I'm satisfied with the sanding job, and I'm confident the mask is good for paint.

I would agree with the masking and using something like A & B or Milliput with water to smooth it out.

But the all time best product of that type is Apoxie Sculpt. Looks much like the others and works exactly the same way, knead two equal sized amounts together until uniform color, then apply like clay, then feather out the material with water.

The big advantage is while A &B and Milliput tend to get really rock hard when dry, Apoxie Sculpt has the hardness and consistency of the surrounding plastic. And it scribes just like styrene. Great stuff!!

One of their little card mounted blister packs provides enough material for the rest of your life and their web based ordering service is great.

Norm

Tamiya putty can be wet sanded with nail polish remover ,just wet a cotton bud in the nail polish remover and gently wipe it across the putty to smooth it . You won't lose any detail this way . Even after the putty has dried it works .

But be careful, though...most nail polish removers are laquer based, and if that creeps under your tape job...

...and I posted that before I read your problems with said white glue. D'hoh!

Thanks to all, plenty of help, I really appreciate it.

Patrick