Canopy painting

[sabre45]

Hello All,

I see the most beautifull models here and I'm wandering: How do you guy's painted the inside of the canopy's?I'm building 1/72 scale planes and I know it's a little teenie weenie.But...wath's the secret?Good masking tape,a steady hand?Reg. Sabre45

[harladman]

the way I know is to paint the interior color first on the outside of the canopy. then paint with the fuselage color.

hth

[svaz]

That's the same advice the old timer's have given me. I tried painting the inside & ended up totally ruining it. So, FWIW, do the above.

B

[svaz]

That's the same advice the old timer's have given me. I tried painting the inside & ended up totally ruining it. So, FWIW, do the above.

B

[MaRiO FDZ]

A Steady Hand, Painting BEFORE you glue the thing into the plane....

mmm and patience

Take Care

Ah make sure you use Acrylics for hand brushing

[urloony]

I'm sure you'll get many responses as to the ways in which to paint canopies. Here is what I believe most of the folks here do.

1. mask your canopy using Tamiya tape and or liquid masks such as those made by humbrol or micromask, or you can use elmer's white glue, or you can use BMF (bare metal foil). This is the critical step to a good canopy, rushing this step turns out crap work. I would also recommend scalpel blades or a new no.11 blade for trimming your masking.

2. airbrush or spray can your interior color. Do not brushcoat this it will ruin the work, it will get under the mask, and will typically require multiple coats, this is bad news always airbrush or use a spray when painting canopies.

3. this is an optional step, but you can then put a second coat using black. The theory is that it simulates the seal around the windows of the canopy I usually don't do this.

4. Spray your final coat for open canopies. For closed canopies, attach it first to your model and spray your final coat along with the rest of the plane.

5. Do not remove your masking until you are done.. and I mean done done, like decals, weathering, flat coat gloss coat, whatever. Then take off your masking.

[Thommo]

Sabre 45 - I do it just like urloony says. See pic of my masked P47 canopy below. By spraying the interior colour first (on the outside), you can see that colour thru the clear plastic (don't go near trying to actually paint the inside canopy frames, too hard).

Thommo

[madmike]

could not have said it better myself gents although one more step BEFORE removing the canopy masks

Gently run a fresh scalpel blade along the frame edge. This will ensure the paint does not lift as the mask is removed as it cuts through the paint layers on top of the tape. Especially important when using multiple light coats such as white.

:lol:

MikeJ