F16 Canopy

[oscarfourzero]

Hello,

I have just bought a 1/48 F16 kit and the canopy is clear , how can i go about making it that Gold/Smoked color and still see though it,

Thanks,

Roger.

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Roger,

Try some of the so called 'clear' acrylic colours from Tamiya or Humbrol, either airbrushed or hand brushed. The smoke effect is quite good if painted reasonably thin.

[oscarfourzero]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for the help , at least i know what to use and i can experiment now ,


Cheers,

Roger.

[rhino]

Alternatively, you could thin the paint and dip the canopy into the thinned mixture, slowly withdrawing it and let it drain. It does work, trust me.

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rhino said:

Alternatively, you could thin the paint and dip the canopy into the thinned mixture, slowly withdrawing it and let it drain. It does work, trust me.

Nice one Ted, but I suppose that's why you're so good and i'm just a target builder ... ;D ... just you wait until I get that TBM started and get airborne mate!

[bockscar]

As Rhino says,dippin is the way to go,
my method is to "tint" some Johnsons Klear(Future) with some Tamiya smoke,& a drop of Tamiya clear yellow,& then dip the canopy as you would with pure Klear. Test on a scrap canopy first,to get the "right" tint.
Oh, remember not to tint the back part(fixed to the airframe),every one of these i've seen is clear(but i am ready to be corrected )

[rhino]

bockscar said:

As Rhino says,dippin is the way to go,
Oh, remember not to tint the back part(fixed to the airframe),every one of these i've seen is clear(but i am ready to be corrected )

It's not that simple I'm afraid. The fixed part can be tinted, if you check out the gallery at F-16.net you'll find plenty of examples of tinted and untinted parts. To make matters worse, I have seen 2 seaters with a tinted front canopy and untinted rear canopy. The moral is to check your references.

[bockscar]

I stand corrected(i knew i should have kept my mouth shut lol)
That F-16.net site is excellent, nice one