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Paint of the clear pieces of the cockpits.
antoniazzip
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 08:45 AM UTC
Greetings, How can to paint in the internal side the clear pieces of the cockpits in the kits?



You can see this example of a cockpit of an AH1, here they can see the black color of the clear pieces of the cockpit painted by the internal part.

Thanks again...
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 08:59 AM UTC
:-) The easiest way is to mask the outside of the cockpit parts, then paint them the interior colour first (this colour will show through on the inside. Attache them to the model and paint the exterior colour, when you paint the rest of the model. Sometimes it is possible to mask the inside of the canopy and paint the interior colour on the inside, this is obviously the better option but, unless the parts are flat or large, as in your pic, it is almost impossible to do. The first option is easy and works well.
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