Canopy Carving, Part 2

Carve most all of the sides off just outside the pencil lines.
Smooth out the sides with some 110 grit sandpaper on a block.

Look close from the top and bottom and try to get everything symmetrical.






Next, the top is carved tapering the front and rear to the cockpit profile.
Sand the surface smooth with a block.






The top outside edges are rounded.
After trimming down the upper edges with small chip cuts, smooth it out with 220 grit wrapped over a finger.
Leave the bottom surface flat.

I've wrapped some 100 grit sandpaper around the models main air frame tube, this time a BT-60. Sand until the bottom has a gentle curve to match the round body tube.

If you were gluing this canopy to a body tube you could be done now after the underside is sanded to match the body tube curve. This canopy is going to be glued onto a curved nose cone.