Starting work on my CVN-65 air wing because I’m tired of fighting with the hull for awhile. I got the Fujimi set of clear plastic USN airplanes and since this is new to me, was wondering how others have painted them to get the best or at least most passably realistic look.
Do you just paint everything but the canopy navy gray and let that show through the clear part, or paint the underside a shade of black, brown or something else first?
I have’t done anything that small but black around the cockpit first would probably make it look more convincing. I usually paint the inside color of the framing on canopy’s first then the outside color. You could try a small line of zinc chromate or the interior color of the plane cockpit your are modeling just below the canopy and then black for the rest of it. Experiment with one first or on a piece of clear sprue to practice. Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.