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Canopy tint tutorial

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Canopy tint tutorial
Posted by scapilot on Saturday, November 7, 2015 6:42 AM

Hi all. After spending the afternoon playing around with some experiments I finally found a canopy tint method that I like.  Looks pretty good to me and figured I'd share.  I cage catered it specifically to the prowler, but the same e variations would work on pretty much any aircraft.  Enjoy.  

https://youtu.be/jy6g5LOiZdM

 

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    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Saturday, November 7, 2015 1:06 PM

I use Tamiya Smoke (great on modern fighter jets) and Transparent green or blue (for helicopters) for various canopies. Spray in 2-3 light coats until you're satisfied with the right shade. Sometimes only 1 coat would suffice.

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    January 2012
Posted by scapilot on Sunday, November 8, 2015 4:38 AM

The smoke works as a general tint, but there's a lot left to be desired for some of the modern canopies with the metallic iridescent highlight.  As for helos  yes, clear green works good, but I recommend alclad armor green as it looks much more convincing.  

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