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Old 11-09-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Just a quick Q

as we know most aircraft dont have clear canopies now days. they are slightly tinted to stop glare from the sun.

can anyone suggest a way of doing this?

is there a clear grey paint made by anyone? or maybe putting a little bit of blacky-brown into some Johnsons so it puts the tint to it when is diped in it.

i think i may experiment with the latter on some hacks but if anyone has any better ideas it would be much appriciated.

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Didn't Tamiya do a clear smoke?

Or maybe a clear varnish with a hint of some pigment would do the job.
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not that i can find in their catologue Richard. I tried some black in some johnsons and it has worked quite well.

I needed to put a supprising amount of black into a small amount of Johnsons to get the desired effect. I am a bit hesitant of doing it on my F-16 though. I will have to get it perfect before putting it onto the model.
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Richard just add a couple of drops of food colour to johnsons and bobs your uncle
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il give it ago!

is that tried and tested nigel?
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Didn't Tamiya do a clear smoke?

Or maybe a clear varnish with a hint of some pigment would do the job.

they do

i was gonna get some for my car body shell but decided not to
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Yes i have been doing it for years
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Tamiya still do Clear Smoke. Also check out this link, you should find it interesting:

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.co...Gok/tnt063.htm
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thanks thats great Richard....and demonstrated on an F-16 lol!

will add that site to the tutorials bit, its quite good!
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'Winsor and Newton' do water based inks that work as well on canopies,to beak the surface tension on the canopy and make the ink flow, just wipe over with diluted washing up liquid.
Test out on clear sprue before eve committing any process to your precious model.
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