Recently, I was working on a science-fiction scratchbuild with a canopy I had vacuum-formed and attached to the fuselage. It was perfectly faired into the fuselage with epoxy putty. Imagine my horror when I saw through that carefully crafted canopy that the pilot was no longer glued to his seat!

Not wanting to remove the canopy and redo the fairing, I did this instead:

1. Bored a small hole with my pin vise just slightly larger than a hypodermic needle. The hole allowed me access to the unseen area behind the cockpit’s instrument panel above the pilot figure’s feet.  
2. I filled the hypodermic needle syringe with a little white glue.
3. Next, I jostled the pilot back into place by gently rolling and shaking the model.
4. Using the needle and syringe, I injected white glue into the freshly drilled hole. The white glue coated and puddled around the pilot’s feet and remained mostly out of view.
5. Finally, I set the model aside, made sure it was level, and let the glue dry.

The white glue dried nearly transparent and all but invisible in that location. Do not use super glue. You risk fogging your canopy when dispensing it in such a confined space. I filled the tiny hole with a dab of putty (although a piece of sprue would have worked, too) and sanded it smooth.

Tip submitted by:
Kenny HaverlyBardstown, Kentucky