discussion Cockpit Canopy

[Spiderman13]

Hi Everyone please be gentle with me but I'm 69 years I have made many different models, Aircraft, Gliders and Scratch build Boats etc and always tried my best with the details
My grandson wants me to make a couple or more? War planes to hang from his bedroom ceiling .
I have a few models in the loft that Ive never got round to building but as my hands arnt so steady as they used to be for fine detail of copckpit interia's so I was wondering what I can treat/spray the cockpit canopys with to make them appear half reasonable?
I have a 1/72 Mosquito and a F14 Tomcat the same scale to start with.
Many thanks for your time.
John

 

[Dave Ward]

Hi Everyone please be gentle with me but I'm 69 years I have made many different models, Aircraft, Gliders and Scratch build Boats etc and always tried my best with the details
My grandson wants me to make a couple or more? War planes to hang from his bedroom ceiling .
I have a few models in the loft that Ive never got round to building but as my hands arnt so steady as they used to be for fine detail of copckpit interia's so I was wondering what I can treat/spray the cockpit canopys with to make them appear half reasonable?
I have a 1/72 Mosquito and a F14 Tomcat the same scale to start with.
Many thanks for your time.
John

John,
welcome to the forum! Do you mean make the canopies sparkle/shine?
Dave

 

[Jim R]

Welcome to the forum John. There's a lot of aeroplane builders here and I'm sure someone will help you.
Jim

 

[scottie3158]

John,
Welcome to the forum as Jim say's one of the wingy guys will be able to help.

 

[Spiderman13]

Thanks Dave.

Firstly I got the scale wrong! I should have said 1/47 Scale.
I am not intending to paint the interia of the cockpit, I just want to make the Canopy look as real as I possible rather then painting it silver so you cannot see there's no interia ?
Many thanks.
John

 

[Airborne01]

Welcome mate! Try Klear (or its more recent iteration! (Edit: might have misunderstood your request - some traditional models used to paint the canopy interior black - then use Klear on the exterior for a gleaming finish!)
Steve

 

[Dave Ward]

John,
yes, paint the inside of the canopy black, then a high gloss varnish ( or even a wax polish ) on the outside - I think you mean 1/48 scale..........
Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hi John
Welcome from me as well. Dont think I can help with the query though, sorry :flushed:

 

[Guest]

John welcome, like Tim I can't help either, but Steve and Dave's suggestion seems the way to go.

 

[rtfoe]

Hi I've seen some paint the inside of the canopy black but you can tint it with Tamiya clear Smoke or Green. Just pour it in and swish it around and pour the access out. Do more coats if you want it darker. Make sure none gets on the outside. The clear plastic doesn't need glossing as it should already be shiny plastic.

Cheers,
Richard