hi,

I have a little problem that has been on my mind for a long time.
When i mask and paint the canopies of my models they always seem to bee somewhat lighter than the rest of the aircraft. Do i have to use a black color between interior and exterior color?

Please give me some tips on blending in the canopy with the rest of the aircraft.
Thanks!

cheerz Q.

Fellow "Q", I use white as a cover between the interior and exterior colors. So far, so good. No problems. Hope this helps. "Q"

You don't necessarily need to stick to black as an undercoat on the canopy. You can use whatever color is used on the interior of the particular aircraft you are working on. Be it cromate yellow, gray, or black.

Just mask like you normally would. Paint the interior color on the outside of the canopy first then. When dry paint the exterior color. This will do 2 things for you.

1. it will give you sort of a primer base coat for the exterior color.
2. The canopy being clear it will be seen and match the interior color. Actually look like you took the time to paint the inside of the frames.

Just go slow and build the color up gradually until it is the shade you want.

Hope this helps
Paul

Yes, painting the inside colour first is the answer. The problem with canopies is that, being clear the light shines through them. So if your paint coverage aint good light shines through and makes the frames look lighter. This happens alot when hand painting.
Mal