[skidmarksdiecast]

All us Flanker nuts, such as myself, are accutely aware of the horrible, inaccurate canopies on both the Gaincorp and Witty birds. After obtaining some excellent Flanker schematics, however, I discovered, much to my surprise, that the upper longitutinal contour, of Witty's canopy, is correct. It's the lower contour, where the canopy & windscreen meet the fuselage, the framing and the glass area that are incorrect on Witty's version.

An accurate fix, of Witty's canopy, would involve grinding down the canopy & windscreen, to their proper shape, and building up the fuselage surrounding the cockpit tub- far more work than I was interested in attempting. So, instead, I tried to see if I could do a make-shift correction by simply painting over the parts of the canopy/windscreen that should be fuselage. The pics below are the result of my experiment. Unfortunately, the FS35237 Medium Gray was not quite a match for Witty's gray.

[FormerViperDriver]

Hmmm, interesting try. But I still think the upper contour is too flat as well, not accurate. Gaincorp's canopy, while not perfect, is much better both in general outline and lower frame contour. I find their's acceptable, not Witty's.

FVD

[flyXwire]

I wonder if you could use a stock canopy (or a vacuformed copy) from a Hasegawa Flanker kit...It would seem a better alternative, don't ya think?

[skidmarksdiecast]

Originally Posted by flyXwire

I wonder if you could use a stock canopy (or a vacuformed copy) from a Hasegawa Flanker kit...It would seem a better alternative, don't ya think?

I originally thought about doing that but was worried that an accurate model kit canopy would not mate up well to the lateral contours of the Witty fuselage. Also, with an accurate canopy, you'd have to build up the fuselage, around the cockpit tub, to fill the void between the lower contour of the accurate canopy, and the incorrect contour of Witty's fuselgage.