How do you guys think it would turn out if I try to tint the already yellow canopys for my Monogram Prowler to make them a little less yellow in appearance. I was thinking of either using Swanny’s future/food colour technique or to lightly overspray them with tamiya smoke. This would be for the front part of the canopy as I have the rest of the parts in clear. The picture is from Modeling Madness and shows the yellow parts although the canopy on mine seems a little less severe on the yellow.
Ok, next question is how to simulate the gold appearance of the overhead canopies, I see swanny tried it with mixed results. Anyone else had more success and if so what technique did you use ?
I also found this on an F-111 build I was interested in.
The overhead console placed between the two canopy halves was painted black and photo etch was added. This part was painted flat yellow and black and dry brushed to bring out the detail. The inside of the canopy was sprayed using Gunze Sangyo spray, Smoke to simulate the glass tinting on the real “Pig”. The canopy was then attached to the airframe and masked off in preparation for spraying. I decided to leave off both hatches until last and scratch built the hydraulic openers for each door. The inside clear parts were also painted with the Gunze Sangyo, Smoke. This paint is very thin and you will need to apply a few coats to get the correct density. You should also paint the inside rather than the outside as it has a gloss finish.
The smoke over the yellow might give a good representation of the gold tint you’re talking about.
Great, thanks Mark. I have a friend who does window tinting for a living so I might have to get some small off cuts from him, if it works I shall use it on all parts of the canopy.
Could you let me know how it goes and post some pics as I’m about to start an F-111, like the one in the article, and it has a silmilar gold tint to the prowler. I’d be really interested to see how it turns out.
