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Do all F-16's have the smokey gray canopy or are some of them clear?

 

Working on  the Hasegawa "C" which comes with a clear canopy but says to make it 

smoke gray.  Not sure I want to try that or how you go about doing it.  Don't want to screw it

up which I am more than likely to do.  :hmmm:

 

Cheers,

 

Jerry :piliot:

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depends on the jet   it is more of a golden color . Is this the tamiya?  they come with both the goldish color and the clear.   also some have the main canopy  dark and the aft clear.  One thing you can do if you want smoke is dip it in future then over coat  with dilute smoke acrylic form tamyia paint.  

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Hi Jerry,

 

Depends on the period of the jet you are modeling.  Earlier models had the canopy plated with gold (to reduce the radar cross section) which gives the brown tint. Later models have a product which gives a green tint. Future with a tint works or Tamiya clear colors sprayed on very thin sort of works as well. The Green is easy to replicate, to get a clear brown is more difficult.

 

Nick

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