Time to put this project one side for a bit, I need to source some F1CR specific bits, so I thought I would park this and start something new. After all this doesn't need finishing until Telford in November which is ages away!!
As you can see I have attached the windscreen. The clear parts showed the age of the kit - a bit thick and not to clear. However we have a few weapons in our locker to sort this.
After cleaning up and checking the fit I painted the edges of the clear part with black acrylic paint. This would deal with any internal reflections from light entering the thick edges. Next the windscreen was dunked in Klear and left to drain, first on a bit of paper to take away the excess, then resting on two cocktail sticks to stop it gluing itself to the worktop, and with a spray can top to keep the dust off.
Next the screen was glued in place. For this I used GS Hypo glue, which is my goto choice for clear parts (thanks Big Kev for the recommendation). Finally some masking tape was added to the clear part and the screen blended to the fuselage with filler.
For filler I used my new range of colour matched filler, to ensure that none could be seen through the inside of the screen. This is available in whatever colour you need - cockpit green on my Albacore, US Interior green on the C47 and black in this case. Of course if you look at the photo you will see it is just talcum powder mixed with the appropriate acrylic paint. Perfect colour match and ready to sand in an hour, whats not to like!
I have also enclosed a photo f the overall model so far. I find it really nice that a 30+ year old kit needed so little filler.
Anyway, hope this build has been of some interest so far, the sequel "Mirage F1CR part II - Colouring In" will follow in due course
Cheers and happy modelling
R