Ok…so last night as I spent time masking my Stuka canopy I got to thinking…if I’m going to first paint a gray color to give the impression of the inside color,…isn’t there a way to paint it from the inside giving that actual impression of metal framing? Or would I have to mask from the inside?
Mark
By first spraying the inside color you give the inpression of a frame (depending on scale). In lagere scales you might want to mask the inside and paint the inside to, especially if the cockpit is going to be open.
The preferred method is to shoot canopies in the interior color, then shoot the exterior over it. You might want to consider painting some tape the interior color, then cutting it into thin strips and apply inside the canopy…
There is really NO need to paint the interior canopy frames unless your planning to remove canopy for show. As the others pointed out, you only need to paint the exterior frames the interior color and paint primary colors over that. Your making extra work and fustration trying to paint the interior frames and there is the potential to totally FUBAR the canopy doing this.
My advice… just paint the exteriors frames the interior color first and save yourself some stress. I am speaking from experience on this!!! [#oops]
AirMasterModeler has it exactly right and he’s not the only one to try it the hard way. I suppose if you really wanted to go all out, some thin styrene strips attached to the canopy interior would do the trick, though that would probably try the patience of even the most ardent scratch artist.
My opinion is to try what has been said already, interior color first then spray the exterior color. I dont think it would be while at all putting ANYTHING on the inside of the canopy simply because you wont get the desired effect due to the thickness of the of the part itself. If you really want the actual frame effect, you’d be better off cutting the canopy apart, painting the entire frame them use white glue to reassemble everything. You’d be able to see the backside of the strips of you glued them to the canopy when you look at it from an angle.
Ditto on NOT painting on the inside of the frames. The thickness of the part would really be obvious in that case. DO remember to paint the edges of the canopy parts (especially the glued surfaces) otherwise you get that reflection along the edge that just looks wrong.
Thanks guys…appreciate the help…I agree to just painting the inside…should turn out great.
Mark
I forgot to include this on my modeling complaint list post. it would be nice if most models would come with masking kits foir the canopies. The Eduard P-39’s/400’s I have bought contain them and it sure makes a difference.