Maveryck Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Anyone know how to make a canopy look aged and discolored? Maveryck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trojansamurai Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Anyone know how to make a canopy look aged and discolored?Maveryck I suppose you can tint it with a light mixture of clear yellow, smoke and clear. The extra clear is to further dilute the yellow and smoke, so that it doesn't look like a tinted canopy found on modern jet fighters. You can finish it off with a light mist of semigloss clear to cut the shininess of the canopy, if that is the look you're striving for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maveryck Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 I want it to look like it's been sitting a while. I'm creating a diorama of the a/c sitting at the end of an abandon runway. Mav. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maveryck Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 I want it to look like it's been sitting a while. I'm creating a diorama of the a/c sitting at the end of an abandon runway. Mav. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roi Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 (edited) I usually mask it off and then airbrush a milky white mixture in the corners and around the base and then go back to the corners and add an umber to simulate sunburned Plexi. Edited April 15, 2007 by Roi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maveryck Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 I usually mask it off and then airbrush a milky white mixture in the corners and around the base and then go back to the corners and add an umber to simulate sunburned Plexi. Milky white meaning...flat, satin, matt white? Or is this your own concoction? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ron Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Shoot it with some dull coat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 one effect I've seen done (enter at your own risk) is the spray with milky white as suggested, but also to very lightly "crack" the plastic. Not so much that it really cracks, just to the point where you get those tight stress lines that plexi can get from sun damage.....It looked amazingly real. The guy who did it said he just heated it in hot water and lightly pushed til it got the look. I'm too scared to try, and i'd recommend testing first. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roi Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I use flat coat mixed with flat white and I have found if you soak it in alcohol and it weakens the plastic so that it can micro fracture with a slight amount of pressure. (always practice on a scrap piece first) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maveryck Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 I use flat coat mixed with flat white and I have found if you soak it in alcohol and it weakens the plastic so that it can micro fracture with a slight amount of pressure. (always practice on a scrap piece first) Thanks, I'll give it a go. Maveryck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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