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Post by armornutii on Sept 9, 2024 7:47:04 GMT -5
Has anyone darkened clear colors? I think the correct way is probably simply multiple coats until the " correct" appearance is achived. Thinking like ballistic glass on cockpit windscreens.
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Post by tcoat on Sept 9, 2024 8:05:37 GMT -5
When I need darker I use a thin coat of Tamiya smoke first and then the clear colour over that. I never had any luck getting the darker shade just by adding more coats of the clear colour. Not easy to see but the tinted windows on top o0f the Huey are Tamiya clear green over smoke. The green on it's own was far too bright no matter how many coats I tried. Took a lot of experimentation until I figured it out. .thumb.JPG.971154d16a71ded16427022b1e218e2f.JPG) |
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Post by benb on Sept 9, 2024 8:38:01 GMT -5
Great idea, undercoating with Smoke. I’ll have to try that.
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Post by tcoat on Sept 9, 2024 8:41:32 GMT -5
Great idea, undercoating with Smoke. I’ll have to try that. Ben Almost forgot to say I thinned it a bit with some distilled water so it wasn't quite as intense. |
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Post by brandonk on Sept 9, 2024 9:36:58 GMT -5
Heavily thinned clear colors and multiple coats usually works, but some golds can be difficult to replicate.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Sept 9, 2024 11:24:09 GMT -5
Great idea, undercoating with Smoke. I’ll have to try that. Ben That stuff also works on making OOB chrome look like the real deal. |
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Post by keavdog on Sept 10, 2024 0:12:16 GMT -5
I like Tamiya smoke for toning down chrome parts on car models. I've also used it to accent panel lines post shading NMF birds  |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Sept 10, 2024 14:23:36 GMT -5
Wonder if smoke and some clear green would make a convincing factory windshield sun visor strip on an older vehicle…🤔
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Post by armornutii on Sept 10, 2024 16:39:24 GMT -5
Fantastic help gentlemen, I will archive this so hopefully I will read it before boo booing.
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Post by benb on Sept 12, 2024 7:38:47 GMT -5
Wonder if smoke and some clear green would make a convincing factory windshield sun visor strip on an older vehicle…🤔 I would think so. Maybe add a little clear blue to the mix to tone down the green a tad. Ben |
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Post by tcoat on Sept 12, 2024 8:12:07 GMT -5
Wonder if smoke and some clear green would make a convincing factory windshield sun visor strip on an older vehicle…🤔 Will take a better picture of my Huey but it would look a lot like this.  |
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Post by tcoat on Sept 12, 2024 8:15:22 GMT -5
Fantastic help gentlemen, I will archive this so hopefully I will read it before boo booing. Experiment first  Then...  |
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Post by brandonk on Sept 12, 2024 9:10:10 GMT -5
Wonder if smoke and some clear green would make a convincing factory windshield sun visor strip on an older vehicle…🤔 It does. I watched one of the Japanese car builders do a Skyline with tinted glass and that's what he did and it was super realistic. |
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