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    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Monday, September 22, 2014 2:29 PM

Here's another idea :

   I use a lot of Testors Graphite with clear mixed in . It makes it glossier . Now besides that, I do the same, only with some medium blue mixed in to give a blue tinge . I have also used Testors Dark Navy Sea Blue and gloss coated it too .

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    July 2014
Posted by kiwicol on Friday, September 5, 2014 3:23 AM

Tried a medium blue/gray which looks ok. Will post a photo when i get around to taking some. Thanks Guys

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:15 AM

In the real world, windows on an interior space look very dark because the interior is not nearly as bright as stuff illuminated directly with sunlight.  So a gloss black or a gloss very dark gray looks fine.  The gloss allows some slight reflection of highlights from the environment.  Now, a hatch in the top may look different.  A horixontal surface strongly reflects the sky, which is actually quite bright, brighter than a blue panel lying on the ground.  So a horixontal glass hatch could be painted gloss blue and look okay.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Saturday, August 30, 2014 12:02 AM

Maybe a sort of gray, like you see on one-way car windows?  The kind you can see out of, but no one can see in?

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by mississippivol on Friday, August 29, 2014 10:18 PM

I've seen people use medium blue, black, or silver. Hard to say what looks right.

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    July 2014
Painting windows
Posted by kiwicol on Friday, August 29, 2014 10:14 PM

For something different I bought a couple of Zvezda 1/200th scale aircraft. These are a good scale as i am running out of display space. The fuselage is a solid piece with the windows molded into it. Does anyone have any ideas what color I could use to paint the windows to make them stand out a little. i thought white but that makes them stand out to much.

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