Zealot

After finishing the Buck Rogers Thunder Fighter in Stealth paint scheme, I decided to make this tutorial on how to make a cockpit canopy that will open and close.
I will be making three canopies (the first one will be NON-CANON and the other two will be CANON).

I am sorry for the poor quality of the photos, but I do not have access to a good camera right now, so I am using my phones camera.

These are the parts that I used; Parts sheet with the canopy parts, 6 strips that are 5mm X 20mm, 8 strips that are 5mm X 10mm, and two sewing pins cut to 20mm.
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gluing the strips to the pin to form the hinge.
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After finishing this one, you need to make one more just like it.
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I attached the long strips to the hinge plates.
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Attaching the second hinge to the long strip
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After you have finished attaching the second hinge, attach the longer strips to the hinge plates. You now have a double hinge.
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Next will be the canopy itself.