Thanks Bill.
Glenn, that could do it, but then you should have had a broblem with the top of the bulkhead interfering with the glazing. Mine was almost touching already and it's lower.
Anyway, here are some pics of the fixed glazing. The first picture is the before shot with the ICM part attached. The part is inferior to the Tamiya one as it's not as clear. It had received a coat of Future and was then glued onto the fuselage with CA glue so that it would survive some vigourous shaping. Note the width of the glazing at the bottom and the "overbite" where it meets the fuselage. You can also see that part way up the glazing is fairly straight whereas the fuselage is more rounded so there's a bit of a step. Also note the lovely finger print which, of course, is on the
inside of the glazing and was only noticed in the picture. (Damned camera!
). The front windscreen frame has received a coat of interior green before the camo is applied so we get the right colour inside.
The second pic is the "after" shot where the overbite and step have been filled, sanded, and polished to feather the edge into the fuselage. The panel line had to be rescribed in the process. I was also partly successful in getting at the finger print using a bent piece of stretched sprue with a little piece of tissue on it pushed through the tiny gap between the glazing and the bulkhead.
I need to explain that the access hatch is only there to mask the canopy from spray and will be discarded when the finish is done. It's the scrap piece that was sawn out of the fuselage and is held in with PVA glue so it can be easily removed.
So as we stand tonight, the canopy is fully masked and a coat of primer has been applied to the model to find the imperfections that are no doubt still there.
Thanks for all the support and feedback guys. I really appreciate it.