"Painting Windows on up-armored soft skin vehicles" Topic
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| Private Matter | 25 Jun 2019 6:58 p.m. PST |
How do folks paint windows on vehicles such as HMMWVs or MTVR? I was thinking black and then adding a high gloss coating. I'd appreciate any advice. |
 Extra Crispy  | 25 Jun 2019 8:29 p.m. PST |
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| Martin Rapier | 25 Jun 2019 11:20 p.m. PST |
I used to do black, now I do them all dark blue with some white highlights. |
ZULUPAUL  | 26 Jun 2019 3:12 a.m. PST |
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| Giles the Zog | 26 Jun 2019 5:37 a.m. PST |
Black undercoat, dark blue main colour followed by a few streaks of a dark metal colour. |
| Garryowen | 26 Jun 2019 6:19 a.m. PST |
Dark blue, gradually fading to much, much, much lighter blue in one corner, the same corner on each pane. Then, multiple coats of clear gloss lacquer brushed on after all clear protective spraying of the vehicle. Tom |
| Jeff Ewing | 26 Jun 2019 3:31 p.m. PST |
I usually do pretty much as-above, but I can't forget my High School Technical Drawing class, where we did colored pencil renderings of car glamor shots. The way they really look is a dark horizon-line with reflected sky above and a darker reflection below. It's a challenging paint job, but I've seen it done very impressively. |
| Jeff Ewing | 27 Jun 2019 9:15 a.m. PST |
I just found an example of what I'm talking about: link |
 Legion 4 | 28 Jun 2019 7:25 a.m. PST |
Gloss Black and a little Medium Gray highlights/streaks … |
| Jeffers | 30 Jun 2019 1:50 a.m. PST |
Vallejo Luftwaffe Uniform with a thin wash of silver. |
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