Tinted canopies

ponch

Member since
February 2003

Tinted canopies

Posted by ponch on Tuesday, April 8, 2003 3:17 PM

Hi everybody,
I want to know if there's anybody out there that has tried tinting aircraft canopies, so they are no longer clear but have that greenish hue. I'm interested in trying this for my new project, and want to know if there's any best known method out there for doing this.
Thanks and keep 'em coming!

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tknight

Member since
December 2002
From: Canada

Posted by tknight on Tuesday, April 8, 2003 4:59 PM

Depends on what colour of green and how deep a tint. There is a 'clear green' paint by Tamiya. But I'm not sure if this is the tint your are going for.
HTH

Regards, Tim

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 8, 2003 11:02 PM

Not sure about green but I tinted one blue using a blue ink marker once. Looked pretty good. Give it a test and see what you think.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 1:51 PM

if u want gold take a tamiya x 20 a comtainer the large glass one and put enough gold paint in there to cover the bottem, then fill up with clear gloss. shake and wait till all the gold settles, usually 24 ish hours. apply.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 2:26 PM

you could also try the Model Masters Acryl acrylic clear paints....they dry fast and I have had some good results.

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ponch

Member since
February 2003

Posted by ponch on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 6:10 PM

All right, thanks everybody for the tips. I'll try some of these methods and see what happens.

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Kolja94

Member since
December 2002
From: Oak Harbor, WA

Posted by Kolja94 on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 6:55 PM

[:0] Model Master clear acrylics? Wow, wonder how I missed those! I tried tinting canopies gold with Humbrol clear gold but it wound up a bit overstated. Going to have to give those model masters a try.... Approve [^]

Karl

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naplak

Member since
December 2002
From: USA

Posted by naplak on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 9:57 PM

I use the Tamiya clear acrylics... and you can put a few drops in some Future, then air-brush it on.

www.naplak.com/modeling ... a free site for modelers www.scalehobby.com/forum/index.php ... a nice Modeling Forum

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 10, 2003 6:59 PM

what I do is get a two part clear resin. some of these resin could be mixed with transparent green and you could actually work the density of it. you know how you make green or blue water! well you dip the canopy into that and just sand it off on the edge. it works great for me or those future floor wax IS water base(another option). I hope this helped Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:53 PM

i use future with a little drop of food dye.

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Buddho

Member since
March 2003
From: Newport News VA

Posted by Buddho on Monday, April 14, 2003 7:17 PM

This may sound silly , but I have used clothes dye to tint canopies...the longer you leave in, the deeper the color.

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Fabio Moretti

Member since
March 2003
From: Brazil

Posted by Fabio Moretti on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 12:35 PM

I use tint for color glass panel (use in a church window... my vocabulary is poor ..), the result is good..and more cheap than others common clear acrylics..

Next on the workbench

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