"Painting canopies" Topic
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Light Horseman | 26 Jun 2013 9:11 a.m. PST |
I am about to paint some WW II aircraft and was wondering
what is your favorite color or technique for painting the canopy of a WW II aircraft? |
Pictors Studio | 26 Jun 2013 10:05 a.m. PST |
I usually use the same dark blue to lighter blue technique I use for other windows. I want them to be able to function as terrain as well as aircraft when needed. |
Mako11 | 26 Jun 2013 10:54 a.m. PST |
Depends upon the color of the aircraft, in some cases. A very dark gray, with a glosscoat looks good, in addition to the blue mentioned above. |
boy wundyr x | 26 Jun 2013 11:12 a.m. PST |
I agree with Mako, blue looks good on darker aircraft, dark gray on lighter aircraft (white/light gray). I haven't done it yet, but a hint of gold for ultramodern a/c has also been recommended. |
BrianW | 26 Jun 2013 1:59 p.m. PST |
I use dark blue with drybrushings of lighter blue up to an almost white. My secret ingredient comes after all that. Once the painting is done, I give the canopy several coats of Future floor polish. Make sure each coat is dry so you don't get brush marks, but it gives a very nice gloss finish that makes my mediocre canopy painting look lots better. BWW |
leidang | 26 Jun 2013 3:07 p.m. PST |
I use a light blue grey with brush on glosscoat. |
Toaster | 26 Jun 2013 6:15 p.m. PST |
I use a silver and then paint it with Tamiya Clear Blue X-23 thinned to taste. Robert |
richarDISNEY | 27 Jun 2013 8:00 a.m. PST |
I use a step method. 1) Paint the whole thing a deep blue. 2) Then just paint the top 1/2 a mid blue. 3) Then paint the top 1/4 a very light blue. 4) Then I will use a white/or 'spectral white' (white with a blue tint to it) and draw VERY thin lines angling from top front to the bottom rear. I will do about 3-4 lines on each side of the canopy. These thin lines will go from the top 1/8 to the bottom 1/8 of the canopy. If I get time tonight, I'll post pics of the process I use.
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vonMallard | 28 Jun 2013 10:50 a.m. PST |
With 1/300 scale I have used metallac blue, silver, light gray with white-lites
.experiment with differant colors to get it the way YOU want it and what YOU think looks good. As you can see we all have differant methods to get to the same place. |
Light Horseman | 01 Jul 2013 6:09 a.m. PST |
These are all great suggestions! |
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