Whats the best thing to use for transparent green for the glass in heliocopters? tamiya or Vallejo? it would be nice if it didn’t get that sort of pebbly/matt finish once you spray it. or can you brush it? I know Alclad will craze the surface so can’t use that.
John
I only have experience with Tamiyas clear paints.
You can get away with brush painting it…only on small areas…even then, I haven’t had GREAT results, just good enough to “pass”.
It does seem to have an almost flat finish when I’ve airbrushed it, but at least it’s even.
Best tip I can give, paint the inside of the part for best results. Makes a huge difference!
fermis,
Thanks fo the advice, I do have tamiya transparent green. so i’ll try the brush method, their fairly small windows.
John
For small parts like position lights and stop light lenses I use highlighter marker pens. Not good for large windows and such as paint does not flow and it is hard to get an even coat, but great for small pieces you can do with one pass.
This is the most recent…I brush painted the inside.
That’s 1/72, those windows are only about 1/4" long…any bigger than that, and I would have sprayed em.
Looks like that will work. It’s for the MD500 I’m doing up in the helicoptor column
John
All as above, spray thinned Tamiya clears in the inside, to get an even coat.
I’ve found that brush painting only works for tiny turn indicators, stop lights etc.
Never thought of using markers for lights etc, but I do use a chisel-edged paint marker to do the rims around transparencies…