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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2006Painted Windows
Hey Guys, I have all but completed my version of the Testors 1:72 B-2, and I need your opinions. The fit on this model was terrible, and I had to use a ton of filler to make the gaps go away. This was also the case around the windshield. What do you all think the best alternative to clear is? Should I paint it black, blue, gloss, dull... I'm a little disappointed that I won't be able to see inside, as I tried a little detail work in the cockpit, but good lines seemed more important. Let me know what you all think so I can get this thing done and some pictures up. Zack  SignatureMoney is the Root of all Evil, and Man Needs Roots. Put a couple pictures up on a.b.m.s. now and let us see how it looks, maybe we can come up with better suggestions then. Mike -- If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody. > Hey Guys, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > Money is the Root of all Evil, and Man Needs Roots. Testor's SR-75 came with an option for decal windows on a solid styrene part or clear windows. Since you cannot see into the thing where mine is displayed, I opted for the decal windows. The next one on my bench will be reworked with more detail and it will have canopies opened as well as bay and service doors opened. I once took a 35mm slide of a outside looking into a cockpit of an airliner and added it to a kit. With a small lightbulb on the inside it looked at the time state of the art of modeling. I simply cut the slide into small pieces and used them for the windows...using the kits original as a pattern. That was 30+ years ago when slides were cheaper and everyone had a projector. Hmmmm I wonder if my dad still has those slides packed away somewhere? A retro KC-135? I have a ton of detail shots....hmmmm, why detail when you can stick a picture in its place. ;-) Give me just a few minutes here and I will have some up for ya. I just laid some flat down on the top of the acft. Zack SignatureMoney is the Root of all Evil, and Man Needs Roots. > Put a couple pictures up on a.b.m.s. now and let us see how it looks, > maybe we can come up with better suggestions then. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> -- >> Money is the Root of all Evil, and Man Needs Roots. > Hey Guys, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Zack For windows that face upward, I tend to use a very glossy light blue. I reserve black for things that are vertical or even face downward. This is especially true on dark colored models. Look at window/windshield reflections on real vehicles. |
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