>> **** DONE: 1/48 HARVARD MK.IV - Prototype / Weird Aircraft / Trainers

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Just remask and repaint until you're satisfied with the result. I always end up repainting frames on my canopies. In the case of the Heller T-6G, it was at least 15 times stripping with Simple Green and starting over. I thought I was going to toss the whole thing several times. Be careful when handling your canopy as I had no idea how fragile these are until I destroyed mine. I'm going to have to build my Ocidental Harvard as a MK II so that I can have the MK IV canopy parts to finish my Goldilocks Harvard.
 
George, I borrowed the last part from a Revell/ Monogram kit as a test and assuming that you're talking about the very last part of the canopy, one of those would be a decent replacement if some one can supply you with it. See attached photos.

 
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Thanks guys. Andy, even though I was 312kms/194 miles away from the fires as the crow flies, there was no relief from the smoke on the coast. Tourists are complaining that they can't see the mountains ...


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....anyhoo....before I left I smeared paint on a spare clear part as a test base. I just removed the paint with nail polish remover and then clear coated it with Future....so far so good. I'll check it later to see if there are any reactions
 
Sweet! I am reminded of a tip I found somewhere that actually does work, along the lines of what you tried, and that was to coat the clear parts in Vaseline with a cotton bud or brush. You can heat vaseline up (carefully) and it turns almost into a liquid for application. And oddly enough in that state it is self leveling. Then once you are done painting it wipes off easily! Coat the windows with future first I would suggest.
 
Back at it....slightly. Started clear coating the wings and then I remembered the anti-glare panel so now that's done. Keep in mind that the cowling is only butt joined on for the pic so is out of alignment.


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Slowly removing paint from the clear parts, still not sure how I'm going to proceed after. I was thinking about painting clear decal film but I'm not sure how to go about cutting the bendy parts. I was also thinking about painting Tamiya tape, that would conform to the bendy parts
 
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