Does anyone know an easy way to tint green windows on helos or where to find transparent green paint local hobby shop does not have it
A recent issue of FSM did just that - he used Glad green-tinted plastic cling wrap on the inside of the top windows on his Huey custom build. Put a coat of Future on the inside of the windows, apply cling wrap, smooth out, let dry, recoat with Future, let dry and trim.
I’m not a rotorhead, but it looked pretty good - and more importantly pretty easy - to me. Check and see if one of your local grocery stores stocks the colored cling wraps.
musta missed that one will try sounds simple enough thanks for the TIP
You can also take Future, or any acrylic clearcote, and tint it with food coloring. You can do green or purple/blue to make modern, smoked canopies. Also, craft stores (like Michael’s or Hobby Lobby) sell an acylic tint paint used for making faux stained glass that works great too. It comes in a wide range of colors. You could also order the clear paints from on-line stores such as Great Models, Squadron, etc.
A piece of advice, for more info, post in the helo forum. Lots of helo guys there who can answer your questions.
plovelace,
Welcome to the board, from a local modeller! I sent you and e-mail.
As for tinting windows, I have used the Future + Food Color trick that HeavyArty mentioned only once, but it didn’t turn out too bad. I thought the plastic wrap method was interesting, but I guess I’m a little leary of it. Maybe I’ll have to give it a shot now myself. 
-Adam
I had a brain storm and went to my local wal-mart and in the kids craft dept. I bought some sun catcher paint.You have to be very very carefull and follow the instructions but it looks great when dry. Looks like the plastic was molded green.You get like eight different colors for three bucks.
Humbrol and Tamiya make great translucent paints. If you want to tint something black, use highly thinned enamel gloss black paint and spray an extremely thin layer and let it dry fully before the next layer.
yep, that’s what I do. works great