"question painting 1/3000 aircraft canopies" Topic
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| wardog | 28 Jun 2011 1:29 p.m. PST |
guys
have a number of 1/3000 (not a typo)scale aircraft and would like to know how to paint the canopies ,if i paint them by hand canopies will look messy and different on every plane, or does one use a paper jig with hole cut out in shape of canopy placed on top of model and paint through it |
 Saber6  | 28 Jun 2011 1:59 p.m. PST |
can you see the detail from 3 feet away? |
| Todd636 | 28 Jun 2011 2:10 p.m. PST |
Can you even see the model at 3 feet away? |
| helmet101 | 28 Jun 2011 2:51 p.m. PST |
what about a dot of very light blue, it should do the trick at this scale. I'd paint them dark blue then add a the very light blue dot |
| Cheriton | 28 Jun 2011 4:19 p.m. PST |
>>Can you even see the model at 3 feet away?<< That's why I've been a 1,200/1,1250 naval gamer for more decades that I'll admit. A friend tried (very hard) to persuade me into 1,2400 when GHQ first starting producing them. I couldn't correctly identify a ship class from gun range, never mind an aircraft. Here's to wardog and his eyesight…  
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| Omemin | 29 Jun 2011 10:22 a.m. PST |
I paint any such things gloss black. The result never ceases to look good. |
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